A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Georges Méliès
Prof. Barbenfouillis
Victor André
Astronomer - Nostradamus
Bleuette Bernon
Lady in the Moon
Brunnet
Astronomer- Alcofrisbas
Jehanne d'Alcy
Secretary
Henri Delannoy
Captain of the Rocket
Depierre
Astronomer - Micromegas
Jules-Eugène Legris
Parade Leader (uncredited)
Farjaut
Astronomer - Parafaragaramus
Jules Verne
Novel
Charles Claudel
Art Direction
Kelm
Astronomer - Omega
Lucien Tainguy
Director of Photography
François Lallement
Officer of the Marines
Théophile Michault
Director of Photography
Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Composer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 21, 1902
Original NameLe Voyage dans la Lune
StatusReleased
Running Time15m
Budget$5,985
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A Trip to the Moon (French: Le voyage dans la lune) is a 1902 French science-fiction adventure trick film written, directed and produced by Georges Méliès. Inspired by Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and its 1870 sequel Around the Moon, the film follows a group of astronomers who travel to the Moon in a cannon-propelled capsule, explore the Moon's surface, escape from an underground group of Selenites (lunar inhabitants), and return to Earth with a captive Selenite. Méliès leads an ensemble cast of French theatrical performers as the main character Professor Barbenfouillis.
Although the film disappeared into obscurity after Méliès's retirement from the film industry, it was rediscovered around 1930, when Méliès's importance to the history of cinema was beginning to be recognised by film devotees. An original hand-colored print was discovered in 1993 and restored in 2011.
A Trip to the Moon was ranked 84th among the 100 greatest films of the 20th century by The Village Voice. The film remains Méliès' best known, and the moment when the capsule lands in the moon's eye remains one of the most iconic and frequently referenced images in the history of cinema.