The Merry Frolics of Satan ( Les Quatre Cents Farces du Diable ) is a 1906 film by    • Georges Méliès  

The engineer William Crackwork wants to go around the world at full speed and to fulfill his wish he sells his soul to the alchemist Alcofibras (Georges Méliès), who turns out to be Satan. Clackford is unaware of the alchemist's true identity and sets off on incredible adventures with his family and faithful assistant John, until Satan comes to claim his soul.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:09 William Crackford's studio
01:30 The alchemist Alcofibras
03:24 The magic pills
05:07 Crackford's house, the journey begins
08:09 Reception in England
08:41 Train crash in the Alps
09:10 Arrival in the village of Monte Pipetto
10:45 An impossible dinner
14:05 The Astral Car and the Mythological Horse
15:08 Takeoff along Vesuvius
15:32 A celestial ride
17:42 Falling from the sky
19:04 A hell of a barbecue

This film develops the themes of Méliès' poetics that already appeared in    • Le Manoir du Diable (1896) Georges Mé...   in a more mature way. By comparing these two films, we can see how Méliès learned to create increasingly sophisticated special effects that are more integrated into the narrative plot. However, this remains Méliès' weak point: his films lack a solid narrative structure that is independent of special effects.

To better clarify the narrative points, we have added texts and captions that are not present in the original film.
The music is by Fabio Napodano (aka ItAlien). The music tracks are taken from the album Devils Stare posted on Jamendo: https://www.jamendo.com/album/50605/d...

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