Segundo de Chomón Movies

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

A short film documenting the wedding ceremony of Princess Ena to King Alfonso XIII of Spain. Showing the royal carriage, the royal procession through...

A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue...

A magician performs a magic show involving women turning into bouquets of roses. Later the roses are festooned together in a fancy way to decorate...

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet...

"The War and the Dream of Momi" was a patriotic war film directed by Giovanni Pastrone. Segundo de Chomón was responsible for the animation...

A female magician presents several impressive metamorphoses, combining stop-motion animation and camera tricks.

A film based on Gabriele D'Annunzio's novel The Flame. Pina Menichelli plays a vamp who ruins a painter's life just for the fun of it.

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

A man and his wife try to enjoy a picnic, but strange and surreal happenings prevent them from doing so.

Views of the waterfalls at Monasterio de Piedra, in Spain.

Claudio is married to Cesarina, a frivolous and unfaithful woman. After the death of their only son their marriage is cold. While his wife lives her...

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

French horror short from 1908.

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

"Tigre Reale" (1916) was the film that consolidated Frau Menichelli's stardom, a film more than suitable for her performing skills and silent...

This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks...

A magical woman and her magical eggs.

The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human...