Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
Practical Effects
Every effect achieved with literal smoke and mirrors
Production
Hand-colored frames make each copy literally unique art
Direction
Méliès crams 10 set pieces into 20 minutes
Director
Georges Méliès
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released one year after A Trip to the Moon, this was Méliès doubling down on his 'impossible voyage' brand while competitors were still figuring out basic camera tricks.
The original hand-coloring was done frame-by-frame by women in a Parisian workshop—each print required weeks of meticulous painting with tiny brushes.
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