Segundo de Chomón Movies

In an outdoor setting, a magician makes pond nymphs and frog people appear out of water and thin air.

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

A magical woman and her magical eggs.

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.

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

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...

“Music Forward!” is the order given by a lady in Colonial costume, and in march a group of five musicians, working industriously at their...

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...

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

Short trick film

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

This adaptation of Charles Perrault's classic novel briefly presents the story of a poor family who doesn't find means to sustain their home and end...

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...

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

The King and his official astronomer are alone in the study viewing the heavenly bodies through the monstrous telescope. They go out on the balcony...

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