(Les exploits d'Houdini à Paris; ou, Les merveilleux expoits d'Houdini)

Content: Houdini and his wife Bess are walking along the Seine in Paris, when he encounters a melee between a drunkard and the police. In the ensuing confusion, Houdini is arrested and taken to the police station where he is handcuffed, manacles, shackled, straitjacketed and otherwise tied up to a chair. He escapes from all these restraints. The film, originally shot in 1901, and re-shot in 1909, is intended as a way of recording the amazing escapes of Houdini the illusionist.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

2 minutes

Year:

1909

Production companies:

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Actors:

Self

Crews: