A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself / A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians | |
Director: | Georges Méliès |
Starring: | Georges Méliès |
Studio: | Star Film Company |
Runtime: | 60 meters (approx. 2 minutes) |
Country: | France |
Language: | Silent |
Match de prestidigitation (literally "conjuring contest"), released in the United States as A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself, and in the United Kingdom as A Juggling Contest Between Two Magicians, is a 1904 French silent trick film directed by French film pioneer Georges Méliès.
The film was a lost film until partially rediscovered in 2016.
A performing magician divides into two people. The doubles then take turns doing tricks before merging back into one man.
Méliès himself plays the magician in the film.
A Wager Between Two Magicians was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 542–544 in its catalogues. It was assumed lost until 2016, when a reel containing the final two thirds of the film was discovered at the Czech Film Archive.