The Man With the Rubber Head

• Georges Méliès

L' homme a la tete en caoutchouc is a French short film from 1901 by Georges Méliès.

Movie Plot

A researcher puts his own head on a table with air. He pumps the living head carefully with air on and noticed how this grows. When his assistant of stupid comes in, he is thrilled with this invention and pumps the head on until these bursts.

Background information

Georges Méliès took over the role of all three protagonists of this film. For the scenes with the head he turned a close up of his head and cut the scene into the movie.

The basic idea of ​​the film is based on the magic show Magic - Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions by Albert A. Hopkins.