Le squelette joyeux (1898)

France,
1m
35mm film, black and white
silent

A French short fantasy film directed by Louis Lumière.

Plot Summary

A skeleton dances, collapses into a pile of bones and reassembles itself.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Louis Lumière
Lumière

Alternative Titles

O charoumenos skeletos – Greece
The Dancing Skeleton – USA
O Esqueleto Feliz – Brazil
The Merry Skeleton – USA
Wesoly szkielet – Poland
Ο χαρούμενος σκελετός – Greece
Весёлый скелет – Russia

Links

Extracts included in
The Lumière Brothers' First Films (1996)