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The Magic Sword(Movie, 1901)

3min | Genres: Fantasy, Romance / Love
The Magic SwordRating: 3.5/5 (with 22 votes)
The Magic Sword; or, A Medieval Mystery (AKA: Magical Sword) is a 1901 British silent fantasy trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a mediaeval knight battling to save a damsel from an ogre and a witch. The film, "is impressively elaborate, with single shots containing multiple trick effects achieved through complex double exposures and superimpositions," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was so startling that it moved the legendary stage illusionist J.N. Maskelyne (of Maskelyne and Devant fame) to describe The Magic Sword as the finest trick film made up to then." ()
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About The Magic Sword

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and rises to the moon. After disappearing she causes various hob-goblins to haunt the pair, the last of them stealing away the lady while the Knight's back is turned. The Knight, frantic with grief, is suddenly confronted by a Fairy, who presents him with a magical sword, and tells him that he can use it to regain the young woman.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 01/01/1901
Director: Walter R. Booth
Producer: Robert W. Paul
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Magic Sword, or A Medieval Mystery"
"Magical Sword"
Keywords: silent film
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: The Magic Sword (YU, 1950), The Magic Sword (US, 1962), The Magic Sword (TW, 1993)

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