Film Forum

France, 1925
Directed by René Clair
With Georges Vaultier, Sandra Milovanoff, Paul Ollivier
Approx. 90 min. DCP.

“Made immediately after the experimental short Entr'acte, THE PHANTOM OF MOULIN ROUGE uses many of the same devices — superimposition, trick effects, comic occurrences caused by 'magic' — but harnesses them to a much more conventional narrative. A young man, unsuccessful in love, manages to leave his body and tours Paris, disembodied and invisible, playing practical jokes: a row of coats walks off from a hotel cloakroom; an unattended taxi drives itself away; a row of top hats appears on the pavement…” – Time Out

DCP courtesy FPA Classics Collection.