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poster The Lilliputian Minuet
The Lilliputian Minuet
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
poster The Prince of Magicians
The Prince of Magicians
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.
poster Léonce Loves Morels
Léonce Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
poster The Magician's Cavern
The Magician's Cavern
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.
poster Extraordinary Illusions
Extraordinary Illusions
2mn - Comedy
Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.
poster The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster A Mesmerian Experiment
A Mesmerian Experiment
3mn - Fantasy
A magician creates a troupe of dancers out of thin air.
poster The Astronomer's Dream
The Astronomer's Dream
3mn - Fantasy
An astronomer has a terrifying dream.
poster Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster Miniature Theatre
Miniature Theatre
(2.9/5)
5mn - Comedy, Animation
Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures then come out and be…
poster Algiers
Algiers
(3.3/5)
96mn - Drama, Action, Mystery
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture ar…
poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
15mn -
An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.
poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
87mn - Family, Drama
The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to France once the Revolution is over. His possessions, which had been sold as material properties, had been purchased by Stamply, a farmer. The latter restores them to…
poster The Magic Dice
The Magic Dice
(2.6/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Another magic short of Méliès.
poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician
Alcofribas, The Master Magician
4mn -
Two men in a cave perform magic.
poster Conjuring
Conjuring
1mn -
The film reproduces a magic act Méliès performed at his Paris theater-of-illusions, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. Conjuring is notable as Méliès's second film, and as his first to move beyond the actuality …
poster The Mermaid
The Mermaid
4mn - Fantasy
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
poster Dough and Dynamite
Dough and Dynamite
(3.0/5)
28mn - Comedy
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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