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The Duke's Good Joke

7.01908Comedy

A mischievous duke comes across a drunkard in a town square, and decides to pull a practical joke. He has the drunkard carried to the ducal palace and dressed as a nobleman, where he is made to receive courtiers. A banquet is prepared for the fake nobleman, who is too far gone to understand the situation, and unusual things seem to begin occurring. When the drunkard attempts to get more to drink, the bottle magically grows to giant size and disappears, so the duke's servants bring in a large funnel and fill the drunkard up, with his stomach swelling up like a balloon to fit. The duke's doctors work to deflate him back to normal. The drunkard tries to get some sleep, but the paintings on the walls come to life, showing him all sorts of scenes of people drinking merrily.

Original titlePochardiana ou le Rêveur éveillé
Release1908-09-24
StatusReleased
CountriesFrance
Original languageFR
SpokenNo Language
DirectorGeorges Méliès
ProductionStar Film Company
Votes1
Popularity1
TMDB ID1502786

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