Un bon bock

Un bon bock (literally translated: A good bokbiertje ) is a short French animated film in 1892. The film is directed by Émile Reynaud . It consists of 700 individually painted images and takes about 15 minutes.

It is one of the first animated films ever made ​​and was the first film that was shown with Reynauds modified Praxinoscope : the Optical Theatre .

Together with Le Clown et ses chiens and Pauvre Pierrot was shown in October 1892 when Emile Reynaud his Théâtre Optique opened at the Musee Grevin . The combined performance of all three films was known as Pantomimes Lumineuses . These were the first animated images that were shown through video tapes in public.Reynaud gave the whole presentation itself by constantly manipulating the images.

The film is now considered a lost film . There are no more copies of the film, because Reynaud, with the exception of two films, even though the film webs in Seine tossed in a depressed mood.