Georges Méliès Movies

An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

Work on the wreck of the ship "Maine."

Showing the rolling sea, upon which gradually appears a cloud of mist. From this evolves the figure of Christ, who proceeds to walk on the waves. The...

Dancing in a Harem was an 1897 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and...

Short film about a magician.

French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.

A fine magician of the Royal Court materialises an elegant attire from a transparent glass container, and then, a refined dandy appears, as an ornate...

Characters from a large magic book come to life.

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

The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him...

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

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

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

A high nobleman finds himself in the Temple of the Sun, where he meets Mascarille, who proposes himself as a juggler. After extracting from the...

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...

A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering...

"This view represents a grand transformation scene of several tableaux, the more interesting and the more surprising in the order of their...

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

A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is...