Georges Méliès Movies

The first movie ever censored for political reasons. The title refers to the then contemporaneous Dreyfus affair in which a Jewish military officer...

A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.

A man does tricks by forming hats and then putting them on. Fragment available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

Three military men, seen inside a fortification, are firing on an unseen enemy force. The call for reinforcements but ladders appear signalling the...

There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog... then...

Very much a slapstick chase in the mode of the period, as Victorine's boyfriend escapes from the kitchen and is pursued on rooftop by his...

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it...

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

Another magic short of Méliès.

An impoverished father, with his young son and daughter, begs for food in a marketplace. When a merchant angrily turns them away, their plight...

A magician stuffs eight of his lovely assistants into a barrel.

A photographer has an accident which not only screws up his lab but dumps a great deal of debris into the street below, causing general chaos.

A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

Two men in a cave perform magic.

Comedy short film by Georges Méliès.

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.

Showing Pygmalion at work in his studio on the statue of Galatea, who, on being completed, comes to life. He attempts to clasp her to his arms, when...

1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost