After the ball (film)

Movie
German title	After the ball
Original title	Après le bal
Country of production	France
Publishing year	1897
length	1 minute
Rod
Director	Georges Méliès
production	Georges Méliès
occupation
	Jane Brady : Servant; Jeanne d'Alcy : woman;

Scene from After the Ball

After the ball (original title: Après le bal , English title After the Ball ) is a silent short film by the French film pioneer Georges Méliès from 1897 .

The film shows a servant helping a woman with bathing . First she helps her undress, then bathes her and finally dries her off.

After the ball , alongside Le Coucher de la Mariée from 1896, is one of the first films with a nude scene . The actress, Méliès ' future wife Jeanne d'Alcy , is not really naked, but wears an elastic, flesh-colored bodysuit . The “water” with which it is washed is a kind of dark sand.

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Individual evidence

^ Merril D. Smith: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7591-2331-1 , page 170

[1] Merril D. Smith: Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7591-2331-1 , page 170