| Patineur Grotesque | |
| Cinematography: | Marius Sestier |
| Studio: | Lumière Brothers |
| Distributor: | Lumière Brothers |
| Country: | Colony of New South Wales (Australia) |
| Language: | Silent |
Patineur Grotesque was a film of a comic roller-skater.[1]
Marius Sestier filmed the comic act in Prince Alfred Park in the South Sydney-Redfern area in 1896.[2] [3] The film was not released until 1897 in Lyon, France.[1] The film was listed in the original Lumière Brothers catalogue as Lumière N°117 and N°73 in a newer catalogue.[4]
Sestier together with Henry Walter Barnett had made approximately 19 films in Sydney and Melbourne between October and November 1896, these being the very first films recorded in Australia.[1]