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Sanz and the Secret of His Art

“Are they men or dolls?”
Jun 8, 1918 · 1h 4m
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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.

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Francisco Sanz Baldoví
Lorenzo Mataix
Directed by Maximiliano Thous

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Hispano Films
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ES

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