Version : French, English
Duration : 32'
Format : 35 mm., 16 mm., Béta SP, fichier numérique
Black & white
Distribution : OCS
Scriptwriter : Georges FRANJU
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
With
André MÉLIÈS, Mme. Georges MÉLIÈS
Music
Georges VAN PARYS
Picture
Jacques MERCANTON
Prize list
Diplôme d'Honneur au VII° Festival International du Film - Edinburg - 1953
Archive footage
- Toy shop in a railway station,
- Illusionist in a theatre,
- Merry-go-round at the Foire du Trône,
- Gare Montparnasse in 1953,
- Boulevard de Ménilmontant in 1953
A magician and precursor of cinematographic art, Georges Méliès was found in 1928 running a toy shop, all that remained of his once prestigious existence. Before 1914, he made several hundred magical, poetic films whose fresh inspiration and ingenuity still surprise today’s jaded viewer. His wife, his granddaughter, one of his former collaborators, and finally his son, who plays the role of his own father, evoke the life of the man to whom cinema owes so much.
