Fantasmagorie
Original title: A Fantasy
“Experience the world’s first hand-drawn film animation”
1908 · 2 min
Cast
No credited cast is listed for this film.
Credits
Produced by: 
Émile Cohl
Plot
A stick-figure man and a series of metamorphosing objects and creatures in an anarchic, hand-drawn animation, drawn in white lines on a black background.
Sinekatalog’s take
A tiny, dazzling piece of film history.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (3,365 votes)
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