The Box with Eight Eyes
1978, French. Directed by Pierre Levie & Françoise Levie.
The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses. The showmen organised a real spectacle, with a barker, music and sound effects. The views played with light (transparencies, perforations). A series of engravings shows the public's enthusiasm for these shows. The second part of the film is a reconstruction of such a show. First, there are views of Paris, Venice, Constantinople and Versailles, followed by various disasters: plague, floods, fires and shipwrecks.
- Runtime
- 0h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 1 January 1978
- Original title
- La boîte à huit yeux
- Country
- Belgium, France
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The Box with Eight Eyes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Box with Eight Eyes, try Ryan, Who Are You, Charlie Brown?, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet.
Who directed The Box with Eight Eyes?
The Box with Eight Eyes (1978) was directed by Pierre Levie and Françoise Levie and stars Pierre Laroche, Félix Simtaine, Alain Lecot.