La Poule aux œufs d’or

De kip met de goude eieren. FR 1905. PC: Pathé. D: Gaston Velle, Segundo de Chomón. 275 m. Dutch titles. Pochoir colour. Beautiful colour print from Filmoteca Española. ♪ Neil Brand. Sunday 3 July 2005, Cinema Lumière 1, Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna. The surreal fairytale-fantasy classic always amazes. There is a direct line to Cocteau from here. The hen hatching the golden eggs brings infinite wealth and unspeakable evil with protean forms of the Devil and witchcraft.