Collection no. #116012 minThe Witch
Georges Méliès
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
A penniless troubadour obtains a magical charm from the witch Carabosse by paying with a bag of sand. He hopes to rescue a captive woman, but the…
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Georges Méliès — Georges Méliès; Publicity materials for an exhibition at La Caixa Foundation: http://press.lacaixa.es/socialprojects/exhibiton-georges-melies-magic-of-cinema-caixaforum-barcelona-eng__816-c-17952__.html · Public domain
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Georges Méliès
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Collection no. #66712 minA Trip to the Moon
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A group of astronomers builds a capsule and fires it toward the Moon from an enormous cannon. Their expedition enters a world of theatrical stars,…
Collection no. #72010 minJeanne d'Arc
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Joan hears a divine call to defend France and leaves her village despite her family's objections. A succession of large tableaux follows her approach…
Collection no. #76620 minThe Impossible Voyage
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A society of enthusiastic explorers approves an engineer's plan to travel beyond ordinary geographical limits. Their collection of vehicles carries…
Collection no. #8681 minThe Infernal Cauldron
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A demon feeds victims into a blazing cauldron in a chamber arranged for supernatural spectacle. The figures rise again as ghostly forms and turn into…
Collection no. #95511 minRobinson Crusoe
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into…
Collection no. #97511 minBarbe-bleue
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young woman marries the wealthy Blue Beard despite the mysterious disappearance of his earlier wives. Before leaving the castle, he gives her a set…
Collection no. #10022 minThe Man with the Rubber Head
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An experimenter places a living copy of his own head on a laboratory table and inflates it with a pair of bellows. The demonstration works until his…
Collection no. #10491 minThe One-Man Band
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A performer steps onto an empty stage and multiplies himself into an entire band. Each copy occupies a chair and plays an instrument while another…
Collection no. #10692 minThe Monster
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An Egyptian prince asks a priest to bring his dead wife back to life. The ritual animates a skeleton, which acquires a shroud and begins an…
Collection no. #11069 minThe Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An astronomy professor takes his students to observe an eclipse, only to discover a sky governed by desire rather than sober science. The Sun and…
Collection no. #117321 minThe Merry Frolics of Satan
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An inventor accepts magical pills that promise to make a rapid journey around the world possible. He signs the contract without reading it and…
Collection no. #11884 minGulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Gulliver encounters worlds in which his own size becomes extraordinary. Among tiny people he towers over his surroundings; among giants the…
Collection no. #12335 minThe Infernal Cake Walk
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
The cakewalk moves into an infernal setting populated by dancing devils. Bodies, entrances and stage effects make the fashionable routine part of a…
Collection no. #12343 minThe Black Imp
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A mischievous imp occupies a hotel room before a respectable guest arrives. Furniture changes position, appears and disappears, making the room…
Collection no. #12557 minThe Diabolic Tenant
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A new tenant enters an empty room with a small bag and produces furniture, decorations and an entire household from it. When the bill arrives, the…
Collection no. #12652 minThe Ballet-Master's Dream
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Georges Méliès appears as a ballet master in a short fantasy that brings dance and cinematic illusion together. Stage performer Zizi Papillon joins…
Collection no. #12801 minThe Oracle of Delphi
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A thief breaks into a temple after its priests leave a treasure behind. A mysterious guardian interrupts the theft, brings statues to life and…