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A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon
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/10
17,736 Ratings

A TRIP TO THE MOON

Le voyage dans la lune

Directed by Georges Méliès
France, 1902
Silent, Sci-Fi, Short

Synopsis

Six scholars, members of the Astronomers’ Club, set off on an expedition to the moon. Traveling in a bullet-shaped rocket, these voyagers arrive to meet the moon’s inhabitants: the Selenites. Having to escape the Selenties’ king, the scholars will try to return to Earth in their rocket.

Synopsis

Six scholars, members of the Astronomers’ Club, set off on an expedition to the moon. Traveling in a bullet-shaped rocket, these voyagers arrive to meet the moon’s inhabitants: the Selenites. Having to escape the Selenties’ king, the scholars will try to return to Earth in their rocket.

Our take

Hailed as the first sci-fi film, George Méliès’s seminal short embodies the spellbinding possibilities of cinema as a vessel of dreams that shoots for the stars. Achieved through inventive special effects, the image of a rocket ship striking a grimacing moon is forever immortalized in film history.