Georges Méliès Movies

A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges 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 family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

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 Simple Simons have determined to give a dinner to their friends in honor of the birthday of the Madam. They call their chef who, just as he is on...

Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

A dispute takes place between some traveling musicians while they are giving a concert in a courtyard. The Janitor of the house. who mixes himself up...

A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

The clown and his automobile enters with great puffs of smoke

The staff of an inn play a cruel trick on a guest.

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

A Funny Mahometan was an 1897 short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film...

Lost short film by Georges Méliès.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and...

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell....

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by...