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Tribulation or the Misfortunes of a Cobbler | |
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Directed by | Georges Méliès or Manuel |
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Country | France |
Language | Silent |
Tribulation or the Misfortunes of a Cobbler is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès.
Méliès himself appears in the film as the Roman, alongside two of his frequent collaborators: Fernande Albany as the merchant, and Manuel as the farrier. A 1981 guide to Méliès's work speculated that Manuel may have also directed the film, noting that it matches his usual staging style.[1] The film's special effects are created with stage machinery, pyrotechnics, substitution splices, multiple exposures, and dissolves.[1]
The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company, but no French release, French-language title, or catalogue number has been located for it.[2] The film has been known to scholarship since at least 1979, when John Frazer described it in a book on Méliès; however, Frazer misidentified it as a different Méliès film, The New Lord of the Village.[1]