Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Cinderella

Original title: Cendrillon
  • 18991899
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 6m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
78,295
10,402
Cinderella (1899)
ShortDramaFamily
A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave... Read allA fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out?
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
78,295
10,402
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Georges Méliès(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Charles Perrault(story "Cinderella")
    • Stars
      • Mlle Barral
      • Bleuette Bernon
      • Carmelli
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Georges Méliès(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Charles Perrault(story "Cinderella")
    • Stars
      • Mlle Barral
      • Bleuette Bernon
      • Carmelli
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • Photos19

    Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Mlle Barral, Carmelli, and Dupeyron in Cinderella (1899)
    Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Cinderella (1899)
    Bleuette Bernon and Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Georges Méliès and Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Bleuette Bernon and Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Mlle Barral, Carmelli, and Dupeyron in Cinderella (1899)
    Bleuette Bernon and Mlle Barral in Cinderella (1899)
    Mlle Barral and Carmelli in Cinderella (1899)
    Cinderella (1899)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Mlle Barral
    Mlle Barral
    • Cinderella
    Bleuette Bernon
    • The Fairy Godmother
    Carmelli
    • Prince Charming
    • (as Carmely)
    Jehanne d'Alcy
    • Fairy Godmother
    • (as Jeanne d'Alcy)
    Dupeyron
    • Party Guest
    • (as Depeyrou)
    Georges Méliès
    Georges Méliès
    • Le gnome de la pendule
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Georges Méliès(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Charles Perrault(story "Cinderella") (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    Le voyage à travers l'impossible
    7.5
    Le voyage à travers l'impossible
    Alice in Wonderland
    6.2
    Alice in Wonderland
    Santa Claus
    6.4
    Santa Claus
    Gertie the Dinosaur
    7.1
    Gertie the Dinosaur
    A Fantasy
    6.9
    A Fantasy
    The Sick Kitten
    5.8
    The Sick Kitten
    Grandma's Reading Glass
    6.1
    Grandma's Reading Glass
    Rescued by Rover
    6.7
    Rescued by Rover
    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
    6.3
    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
    La fée aux choux
    5.3
    La fée aux choux
    Alice's Wonderland
    6.4
    Alice's Wonderland
    Plane Crazy
    7.0
    Plane Crazy

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Perhaps, the first film to use photographic dissolves (or fades) as a transition effect. This was done using Melies' method of in-camera editing.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Birth of the Cinema (2011)

    User reviews10

    Review
    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A pretty good adaption of the fairy tale
    There was an adaptation of Cinderella all the way back in 1899. Who knew? It's pretty good. So good in fact that I'm going to go ahead and predict that this is going to be a 100x better than the live action version Disney's releasing. Anyway, George Méliès manages to tell the story without cutting anything major out. It has the fairy godmother transforming the mice into knights (I think they were knights) and the pumpkin into a carriage, it has the ball, it has the clock striking midnight, it as the Prince looking for Cinderella, and it has the happy ending we've come to expect from fairy tale adaptations. All that was accomplished way back in 1899. If that isn't amazing, then I don't know what is. The only part I didn't like was the part I didn't understand. It was the part directly after the clock strikes midnight. It had Cinderella in her house with all these old guys dancing around with clocks. I don't know what that was all about, but it doesn't really affect my overall opinion of this short.
    helpful•3
    1
    • williambendavis-933-218958
    • Dec 22, 2014

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • December 25, 1899 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Cenicienta
    • Filming locations
      • Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production companies
      • Georges Méliès
      • Star-Film
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      6 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • IMDb Answers: Help fill gaps in our data
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    View list
    List
    New & Upcoming Superhero Movies and Series
    See the full list
    View list
    List
    Fall TV Guide: The Best Shows Coming This Year
    See the full list
    View image
    Photos
    Double Take: Celebrity Twins
    See the full list
    Back to top

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more access
    Sign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Interest-Based Ads
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.