This Lumière short film is certainly one of the better ones from 1895. Actually, it already includes one of the possibly finest acting displays from that time. We see a man and an array of hats. He takes one, disappears into character of what profession or class of society the hat symbolizes and moves on to the next hat. Occasionally I had struggles to understand what exactly he was portraying, but that was probably not due to his lack of talent, but of the way hats and professions have changes in the last 120 years. Here and there he puts on a different beard as well. Not a bad film, quite entertaining during its 45 seconds occasionally and the actor therein seems to be enjoying himself as well.
