Pauvre Pierrot

Pauvre Pierrot (literally translated: Poor pierrot) is a short French animated film from 1892. The film is directed by Émile Reynaud. It consists of 500 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes. [1]

It is one of the first animated films ever made and was together with Le Clown et ses chiens and Un bon bock screened in October 1892 when Emile Reynaud opened his Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin. It was the first film that demonstrated the Optical Theatresystem, which was developed by Reynaud in 1888, and it is also considered to be the first user of film perforations. The combined performance of all three films was known as Pantomimes Lumineuses. These were the first animated images that were shown in public by means of picture bands. Reynaud gave the whole presentation itself by constantly manipulating the images.