Paris Asleep (1925)
Paris qui dort (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 59min
- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- 1927 (USA)
- Movie
A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.
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Cast
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Charles Martinelli | ... |
Bardin - le savant fou
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| Louis Pré Fils | ... |
Le détective
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| Albert Préjean | ... |
L'aviateur
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Madeleine Rodrigue | ... |
Hesta - la passagère de l'avion
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| Henri Rollan | ... |
Albert - le gardien de nuit de la Tour Eiffel
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Myla Seller | ... |
La nièce du savant
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Antoine Stacquet | ... |
L'industriel
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| Marcel Vallée | ... |
Le voleur international
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Directed by
| René Clair | ||
Written by
| René Clair | ... | () |
Produced by
| Henri Diamant-Berger | ... | producer |
Music by
| Karol Beffa | ||
| Jean Wiener | ||
Cinematography by
| Maurice Desfassiaux | ||
| Alfred Guichard | ||
Editing by
| René Clair | ||
Production Design by
| André Foy | ||
Art Direction by
| Claude Autant-Lara | ||
Costume Design by
| Paul Poiret | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Claude Autant-Lara | ... | second assistant director |
| André Gillois | ... | first assistant director (as Maurice Diamant-Berger) |
Art Department
| Castor | ... | props |
Production Companies
- Films Diamant
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (support: restoration 2018)
- Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé (4K restoration, 2018)
Distributors
- Agence Générale Cinématographique (1924) (France) (theatrical)
- Film Arts Guild (1926) (United States) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Pathé (2019) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Tamasa Distribution (2022) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Agence Générale Cinématographique (AGC) (1926) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- ARTE Mediathek (2023) (Germany) (video) (VoD)
- ARTE Mediathek (2023) (France) (video) (VoD)
- ARTE (1999) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (1999) (France) (tv)
- Ermitage Italia (Italy) (DVD)
- Pathé Films (2019) (France) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- GTC Joinville (sound post production: 1970)
- Pathé (camera equipment)
- Pathé (film stock)
Storyline
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Early roots of sci-fi magic are given to us in the form of a scientist who invents a ray that makes people caught in its beam fall asleep where they stand. With magical and wonderful shots of a Paris long gone, it is the adventure of a group of unaffected who with their sudden freedoms play the game of mice while the cat is away. With a narrative that sways toward a moralistic stance on the principles of fair play and responsibility, this little science fiction fable can still be poignant today as when the magnificent views were first shot from the dizzy heights of the Eiffel Tower. Written by Cinema_Fan |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). See more » |
| Goofs | Everybody in Paris is supposed to be immovable. However, when the group goes back up to the Eiffel tower, a car can be seen driving through the streets of Paris in the background. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Az európai film kezdetei (1989). See more » |