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Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

191324 minFrance
FantasyRomance

Synopsis

Cinderella's mistreatment by her stepsisters gives way to magical assistance and a transformed appearance. The glass slipper eventually becomes the clue through which the court searches for her. Méliès stages the familiar tale through fairy figures, elaborate settings and visible transformations.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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23:39
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Georges Méliès · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsGeorges Méliès

Behind the scenes

Made in 1912 and released in 1913, this version returned to a story Méliès had filmed in 1899. Ferdinand Zecca substantially reedited it for Pathé, leaving a surviving release version whose cutting differs from the director's usual style.

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