The Magic Drum
1996, German. Directed by Werner Nekes.
Other essential predecessors of film were those devices that created the illusion of motion by taking advantage of the persistence of vision and the stroboscopic effect, such as the thaumatrope, phenakistoscope or wheel of life, zoetrope or magic drum and praxinoscope and later on, the more sophisticated flip-books such as the kinora and mutoscope.
- Runtime
- 0h 53m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 January 1996
- Original title
- Media Magica VI - Wundertrommel
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Werner Nekes
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The Magic Drum isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1996. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Magic Drum?
The Magic Drum (1996) was directed by Werner Nekes.