An Adventurous Automobile Trip From Paris to Monte Carlo

director: Georges Méliès

original title: Le raid Paris-Mone Carlo en deux heures

country: France

year: 1905

running time: 10 min.

synopsis

King Leopold II, famous for his automobile accidents, sets off on a two-hour Paris–Monte-Carlo journey. We are not watching a documentary reconstruction, but a fiction based on the passion of a well-known personality. It is a different positioning of Méliès' documentary approach – making films reflecting a reality that the audience does not need to be informed about because they are already familiar with it. This unique film uses pyrotechnic tricks, animation and the appearance of live animals.

biography

Georges Méliès (1861-1938) is one of the first independent film directors whose work crystalised the early film genres. He worked on fantasy scenes, adaptations of literary works, fairy tales, as well as socio-critical and political films. His documentary filmmaking is less well known, as a lot of it has not been preserved.

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director:

Georges Méliès

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