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An Adventurous Automobile Trip

190413 minFrance
FantasyAdventureComedy

Synopsis

A car maker promises to take the visiting Belgian king from Paris to Monte Carlo in only two hours. The journey tears through towns and mountains, flattening obstacles and producing impossible accidents along the way. Méliès turns a royal motoring adventure into a race governed by trick effects rather than the limits of a real automobile.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
10:11
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

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Cast

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Behind the scenes

The film first formed part of a Folies Bergère revue, linking screen action with a live stage production. It premiered on the last day of 1904 before circulating as a separate film.

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Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

  • Harry Fragson — William Davey (1844 – 1925). Published by The Rotary Photographic Co. Ltd of London, England who closed in April, 1916.; National Portrait Gallery · Public domain

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