Decapitation in Turkey

Name: Le bourreau turc
Genre: Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1904-01-09
Duration: 3 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Georges Méliès

Original title: Le bourreau turc

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6.6/10

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Comedy Fantasy Short

In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while eating a crust of bread. Suddenly there come ... Read allIn a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while eating a crust of bread. Suddenly there come running into the place a lot of Turkish men and women preceding some Turkish policemen, wh... Read allIn a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while eating a crust of bread. Suddenly there come running into the place a lot of Turkish men and women preceding some Turkish policemen, who drag along four prisoners in chains. The policemen shut up the four prisoners in the pil... Read all

Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Georges Méliès

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

559

YOUR RATING

Director
- Georges Méliès
Star
- Georges Méliès

See production info at IMDbPro

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8Hitchcoc

Hilarious Beheading Movie

Four Turks are brought in as prisoners. They are put in a kind of pillory with their heads sticking out. An executioner takes out this enormous saber and whacks off their heads, putting them in a barrel. Of course, the heads come to life and get back on their bodies. The then exact their revenge. Although there have been heads removed before, this one had a bit of elan to it.

Michael_Elliott

Terrible Turkish Executioner

Terrible Turkish Executioner, The (1904)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

aka Le Bourreau turc

Four men are brought to a street corner where the local executioner cuts their heads off and throws them into a barrel. When the executioner begins to drink his wine, the heads get out of the barrel and back onto the dead men's bodies so that they can seek revenge. This is a very funny little film that manages to be rather shocking in its violence but all of it is done with a great sense of humor. Not only do we see the four men get their heads cut off but we also witness the executioner getting cut in half only to have his legs dance around while his top half tries to catch them. It's rather easy to spot how the special effects were done but that doesn't take away from the charm.