Georges Méliès Movies

  • 1903
    Faust in the Underworld

    Faust in the Underworld

    Faust in the Underworld

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    The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges...

    Faust in the Underworld
  • 1897
    The Surrender of Tournavos

    The Surrender of Tournavos

    The Surrender of Tournavos

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

    The Surrender of Tournavos
  • 1902
    The Prolific Magical Egg

    The Prolific Magical Egg

    The Prolific Magical Egg

    61902HD

    A human skeleton is placed upon a table by an attendant. When the attendant leaves the room the skeleton begins kicking his legs and throwing his...

    The Prolific Magical Egg
  • 1902
    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    5.41902HD

    This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place...

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
  • 1908
    The Miser

    The Miser

    The Miser

    5.31908HD

    This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

    The Miser
  • 1908
    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    Long Distance Wireless Photography

    5.51908HD

    Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

    Long Distance Wireless Photography
  • 1905
    An Adventurous Automobile Trip

    An Adventurous Automobile Trip

    An Adventurous Automobile Trip

    5.81905HD

    A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special...

    An Adventurous Automobile Trip
  • 1909
    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    Whimsical Illusions

    6.31909HD

    In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

    Whimsical Illusions
  • 1905
    The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles

    The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles

    The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles

    101905HD

    A fisherman has taken a comfortable position on the bank of a river; he has thrown his line into the water to see what good fortune awaits him. But...

    The Angler's Nightmare, or A Policeman's Troubles
  • 1908
    The Dream of an Opium Fiend

    The Dream of an Opium Fiend

    The Dream of an Opium Fiend

    5.41908HD

    The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

    The Dream of an Opium Fiend
  • 1898
    Adventures of William Tell

    Adventures of William Tell

    Adventures of William Tell

    5.61898HD

    The scene opens in an artist's studio where the unfinished statue of William Tell stands upon a pedestal. A clown appears and sticks a clay arm and...

    Adventures of William Tell
  • 1905
    The Magic Dice

    The Magic Dice

    The Magic Dice

    4.7691905HD

    Another magic short of Méliès.

    The Magic Dice
  • 1908
    A Mistaken Identity

    A Mistaken Identity

    A Mistaken Identity

    101908HD

    Two couples, one old and one young, have blind dates at the same meeting place. The arrival of the wrong people at different times makes a fun...

    A Mistaken Identity
  • 1906
    The Witch

    The Witch

    The Witch

    6.31906HD

    A penniless troubadour consults witch Carabosse about his future, but offends her by paying with a bag of sand. He evades the witch's revenge, and...

    The Witch
  • 1900
    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    Addition and Subtraction

    5.91900HD

    A magician performs tricks involving three women, who are sometimes merged together into one corpulent female.

    Addition and Subtraction
  • 1897
    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.91897HD

    Mephistopheles demands that Faust kill Marguerite.

    Faust and Marguerite
  • 1929
    Gala Méliès

    Gala Méliès

    Gala Méliès

    01929HD

    Lost in the streets of Paris, Georges Méliès is looking everywhere for the Salle Pleyel. On the wall he sees an enormous Gala poster...

    Gala Méliès
  • 1901
    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly

    5.51901HD

    A man attempts to engender a transformation of a giant worm into a butterfly.

    The Brahmin and the Butterfly
  • 1906
    Soap Bubbles

    Soap Bubbles

    Soap Bubbles

    5.51906HD

    A magician blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.

    Soap Bubbles
  • 1897
    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    The Hallucinated Alchemist

    61897HD

    The Flicker Alley DVD "Georges Méliès: Encore New Discoveries (1896-1911)" misidentified a partial hand-colored print of the 1906 film...

    The Hallucinated Alchemist