A Hypnotist at Work

1897 · Directed by Georges Méliès

Le Magnétiseur, sold in the United States as A Hypnotist at Work and in Britain as While Under a Hypnotist's Influence, is an 1897 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 129 in its catalogues. The film is one of a small group of risqué "mature subjects" (i.e.