Georges Méliès Movies

Méliès appears as a court jester (a “triboulet” in French). He pulls 18th century noblemen out of a trunk and arranges them...

A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.

A magician along with three doppelgangers perform an elaborate balancing act.

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks...

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

A conjuror appears to demonstrate a lady with three heads.

A decapitated cook wreaks havoc on the restaurant proprietor.

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

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

A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive...

Showing the interior view of the hut in which Dreyfus is confined. The scene takes place at night, showing the moon through the window of the cell....

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated...

Surviving fragment of a longer film. A magician makes a butterfly woman appear, and a woman in a star. Exhausted, the magician falls asleep and the...

Maître Labori is seen approaching the bridge of Rennes in company with Colonel Picquart and M. Gast, Mayor of Rennes. They notice that they are...

A man is murdered and the killer brought to justice by guillotine. This film is partly lost.

Two men in a cave perform magic.

A very enthusiastic magician performs several tricks.

A very simple gag film as a young lady substitutes herself for a dummy in order to play a practical joke on an artist.

The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges...

A magician transforms a woman into a portrait of herself, then restores her to life.