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Top Billed Cast
Marina Moncade Self - Narrator (voice)
Daniel Ceccaldi Méliès (voice)
Charles-Antoine Decroix Salesman (voice)
Abdul Alafrez Magician
Claire Mosser Magician's Assistant
Didier Cremer Young Méliès
Alain Kanto Magic Lantern Operator
Philippe Duval Announcer
François Riou The Drawing Hand
Clara Mény Child Madeleine
Madeleine Malthête-Méliès Self
Jacques Malthête Self
Anne-Marie Malthête-Quévrain Self
André Gaudreault Self
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