Le Baquet de Mesmer

The famous creator's Wikipedia page. That's him in the role of magician.

Who We Are
Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Comments

Very interesting indeed. A lot of rather better stage and camera magic (interesting what they could realise they could do with a camera that early), a frankly not very good attempt at a grand galop, and definitely fun. But - no Mesmerism? I like the film, but I do not understand the title.

Posted by Richard Bos on 06/22/24 at 09:52 AM