Georges Méliès Movies

An inquisitor and two of his henchmen burn a woman at the stake. An angel intervenes.

A monkey wreaks havoc on a doctor.

The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

A magic trick is performed with a long plank with two pots built into it, both with holes in the bottom. Pretty girls are part of the magic.

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

A family sits down to enjoy a meal that ends up being fraught with complications.

It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to...

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room,...

"The picture shows the Devil working at a fire. Two cavaliers appear, and the Devil takes the form of a seer, old, bent and wrinkled. Then he...

Showing room at the military prison at Rennes in which Dreyfus the accused is confined. He is visited by his counsel, Maître Labori and...

A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès...

A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open...

A magic show.

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage...

A bum accidentally gets himself sewn up inside a mattress.

The Bogie Man's cave is one of the many triumphs of set design for Georges Méliès. More unusual for the pioneering French director is...