In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion time-lapse effects still impress 110 years later.
Direction
Durand packs more ideas into 8 minutes than most 2-hour films.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts create genuine visual hysteria.
Director
Jean Durand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ernest Bourbon played Onésime in over 20 Durand shorts, making him one of cinema's first franchise stars.
This 'trick film' helped establish time-manipulation as a sci-fi staple decades before modern blockbusters.
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