Georges Méliès Movies

Two guards bring a sorcerer into the hall of a palace of the time of the Middle Ages. The king who follows them orders the sorcerer to be chained and...

An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him...

It is the birthday of Uncle Rube, a foxy old peasant who has gathered at his table his family and his help, among whom is a sleepy farmhand, a boy...

Another magic short of Méliès.

1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost

A kitchen maid becomes envious of her madam's daughters. After serving them their tea, she goes straight to their boudoir, borrows some fine garments...

During an orgy, Emperor Justinian orders three people to be torched alive.

In a room filled with jugglers' properties of enormous size a prestidigitateur dressed in eccentric costume enters with his assistant. The servant,...

Silent film from Georges Méliés. It is presumed to be lost.

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.

Lost trick film

A soldier is talking to a woman while sitting on a bench, a man sits on it, and the soldier stands up, causing the bench to tip over and the man...

A respectable fellow has quietly taken a seat upon a bench in a park, and worn out from the excessive heat of the day, has fallen asleep. Two...

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...

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

Short comedy about a man who dreams that he runs over everyone with his skates. A man falls asleep on the sidewalk and dreams that he gets into...

The scene takes place in front of a barrack, where a young soldier is on duty --most laughable and comical

It is the proceedings of a spiritualist séance. A table whirls around, spirits appear and disappear, and other marvelous feats savoring of the...