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Maximiliano ThousFrancisco Sanz Baldoví

Sanz and the Secret of His Art

  • Documentary
  • Comedy

“Are they men or dolls?”

RELEASE

1918-06-08

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LENGTH

64 min

Description

Francisco Sanz Baldoví (Anna, 1872-Valencia, 1939), better known as “Paco Sanz” or “ventriloquist Sanz”, was one of the most popular artists in Spain in the first half of the 20th century. In 1918, the Spanish ventriloquist filmed this fascinating documentary (entitled “Sanz and the Secret of His Art”), with the help of filmmaker Maximiliano Thous and his two artisan mechanics, in order to show the extraordinary complexity of the mechanism of his dolls and his ability to handle them on stage.