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  • Benvenuto Cellini; or, a Curious Evasion (1904)
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Benvenuto Cellini; or, a Curious Evasion (1904)
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Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce a statue that will please him. He is told that he will stay there until he does so; his ...See moreBenvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce a statue that will please him. He is told that he will stay there until he does so; his modeling table and clay are put in with him, and he is seen modeling a head. Disgusted with it, he seizes and pummels it into an indescribable mass. He throws it into a barrel. Sitting down he tries to think of a subject that will please his master and thereby gain for him his liberty, when there appears by some unseen force, a beautiful mirage of a woman in a graceful pose. He looks at it in amazement and at once commences to model a counterpart. As soon as he has completed it the mirage is seen to fade away. He becomes so absorbed in his admiration of it that he does not hear the King and the turnkey enter. The King commands that he be brought forth and executed. There is a struggle between them, but the King is so fascinated with the model that he fails to lend assistance to the turnkey. The latter himself, on looking at it, forgets his prisoner who silently steals the key to the dungeon and makes his escape. Locking the door after him, he thereby makes his tyrants prisoners. The turnkey, on turning around, perceives that his prisoner has escaped; he rushes to the door to find that it is locked. He frantically beats upon the door awakening the King from his stupor, who is enraged at his negligence. He seizes the model and smashes it upon the turnkey's head, and kicks him around the place in his rage. Written by Star Catalog See less
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Georges Méliès
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Mar 26, 1904 (United States)

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