Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
- moon
- based on novel or book
- satire
- astronomer
- black and white
- silent film
- scientific expedition
- space adventure
- early cinema
- selenite
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Georges Méliès
Professeur Barbenfouillis / La Lune
Bleuette Bernon
Phoebe Déesse de la Lune
François Lallement
L'officier de Marine / Commandant de la Base de Lancement
Jehanne d'Alcy
La Secrétaire / Une Étoile / Agent de Bord de la Fusée
- Henri Delannoy — Le Pilote de la Fusée Lunaire
- Victor André — Un Astronome et Spationaute
- Brunnet — Un Astronome et Spationaute
- Depierre — Un Astronome et Spationaute
- Farjaut — Un Astronome et Spationaute
- Kelm — Un Astronome et Spationaute
- Jules-Eugène Legris — Le Chef du Défilé
- Directed
- Georges Méliès
- Written
- Georges Méliès
Production
- Studio
- Star Film
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
