Georges Méliès Movies

Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.

A weary traveler stops at an inn along the way to get a good night's sleep, but his rest is interrupted by odd happenings when he gets to his...

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in...

A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.

In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he...

Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.

Gugusse, a clown, is both astounded and bewildered upon seeing the mechanical movements of an automaton.

With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus...

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...

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

Shows hobbies of people who do an ordinary job in the day. Made for New York Fair.

An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

In this film, we show the interior of a doctor's office. A patient enters, and judging from the expression on his face, he is in great pain. The...

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...

A wizard sleeps at a table in his well-appointed sitting room. From a drawer in the table, a snake appears.

A poor but honest man wins great wealth, and the hand of a beautiful princess, after facing a series of exciting trials in the tunnels and catacombs...

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

The Jewish ex-officer Alfred Dreyfus's degradation. He stands in a military quadrant and the Adjutant proceeds to tear off his medals; Dreyfus is...