Georges Méliès Movies

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

On a city street, a number of men take advantage of an old drunken bum.

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.

A fencing match. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around...

A box of valued jewels is placed inside the tomb of Delphi. A thief breaks into the tomb and steals it, but soon the ghost of Delphi appears and puts...

A sleeping apartment of a friend who retires for the night. The rays of the moon are shining upon the bed through the window. He is suddenly awakened...

A witch curses a town's well.

The Brahmin, Iftikar, who enjoys a great reputation in India, has determined to create something miraculous which will place the seal upon his...

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

One of a few versions of the "arrival of the train" narrative. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a...

Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and...

A movie fragment depicting an archaeological explorer entering a standing sarcophagus.

In a public place in Constantinople at the corner of a bazaar, the executioner is seated upon a stone and is resting from his daily labors while...

A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into...

This 10 second fragment is available in flipbook format, otherwise lost.

The scene represents the shop that rents garments for masquerades, A young student presents himself for the purpose of selecting a costume for a...

An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.

Lost comedy film from Georges Méliès.

The infamous Dreyfus is finally brought before a court martial.