A Trip to the Moon

Georges Méliès
François Lallement, Jules-Eugène Legault, Victor André, Brulhet Berthony, Brunette, Jeannie D'Arcy, Henri Delannoy, De Pierre, Fazette, Kelm, Georges Méliès
1902
France
Completed
No Dialogue
14 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asLe voyage dans la lune,is aFranceProducerwomen sex,At1902Released in year
。The dialogue language isNo Dialogue,Current Douban rating9.2(For reference only)。
The president of the Astronomical Society, played by Georges Méliès, presents an imaginative plan for a trip to the moon at a meeting. He and five other bold astronomers design a capsule and a cannon, and with the help of the military, they successfully reach the moon in the capsule. After the excitement, the six astronomers fall asleep on the lunar surface, unaware that many stars are quietly observing them. The final cold snowfall awakens them. They take refuge in a cave but inadvertently disturb the Moon Men with their umbrella, leading to a frantic adventure...This film is a pioneering work in science fiction, inspired by Jules Verne's novel "From the Earth to the Moon" and H.G. Wells' novel "The First Men in the Moon." The film was released in 1902 in both black and white and hand-painted color versions, with a runtime of about 14 minutes. The ending of the color version was once lost. In 1993, the severely damaged color print was donated to the Film Archive of Barcelona, Spain, by a private collector; in 2002, the ending "The Grand Return" was rediscovered in France. The film restoration project lasted over a decade.In 2011, the fully restored color version premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Méliès' birth, nearly 109 years after the film's release.