Sightseeing Through Whisky

Sightseeing Through Whisky

1907 · 6 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.

Directed by Georges Méliès

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