Le grand Méliès

19521952
Not RatedNot Rated
31m

A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.

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Jehanne d'Alcy

Selfas Self

André Méliès

Georges Mélièsas Georges Méliès

Marie-Georges Méliès

Selfas Self…

François Lallement

Narratoras Narrator
(voice)

Director
- Georges Franju
Writer
- Georges Franju(commentary) (screenplay)
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A Trip to the Moon

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The Sign of the Cross

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Hôtel des Invalides

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The Devil's Money Bags

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Shadowman

A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.

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- Not Rated
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Trivia
The film was originally commissioned by the French Cinematheque to commemorate 50 years of cinema, and was to have been directed by Rene Gilson, with supervision from Rene Clair.

Goofs
In the English language version of this film, when the narrator makes a reference to director D.W. Griffith, he is called "W.D" Griffith.

Connections
Featured in Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983)

Soundtracks
Vivons heureux
(waltz)
Composed by Georges Méliès

Top review

7/10

Tribute to the Great Melies

A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.

Anyone unfamiliar with Georges Melies should look into his work. Other than perhaps Edison, few could be said to pioneer film in such a big way. Making countless short stories, he devised numerous trick shots and techniques that have been used for over a century since.

Franju is an appropriate director to tackle the subject. Of course, all filmmakers owe a debt to Melies, but it seems appropriate that a Frenchman would make a nice tribute to the man's life and involve his family in the production.

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