Luis Martinetti, Contortionist

Luis Martinetti, Contortionist (1894)

January 1st, 18940h 1min

Documentary
51%

Overview

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films made for Edison's kinetoscopes.


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