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Hermes the Little Rascal
Tales and Legends series
This series takes an original approach to artworks in the Louvre by presenting them against real landscapes in fictions derived from ancient tales and myths.
Director(s): Danielle Jaeggi
Actor(s) / Performer(s): Muriel Bloch
Genre
Fiction/Animation
Copyright
1991
Length
13 minutes
Producer(s)
Serge Lalou, Les Films d’Ici ; Pierre Coural, Musée du Louvre
Co-producer(s)
La Sept Arte
Hermes, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, invented the lyre on the day he was born, and stole fifty cows from his half-brother Apollo. The latter forgave him for his theft—in exchange for the lyre. Zeus, charmed by the rascally boy, awards him a supreme distinction…