Movies: Star Film

  • 1902
    A Trip to the Moon

    A Trip to the Moon (1902)

    A Trip to the Moon

    7.91902HD

    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...

    A Trip to the Moon
  • 1898
    The Four Troublesome Heads

    The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)

    The Four Troublesome Heads

    7.21898HD

    One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing ...

    The Four Troublesome Heads
  • 1904
    The Impossible Voyage

    The Impossible Voyage (1904)

    The Impossible Voyage

    7.21904HD

    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....

    The Impossible Voyage
  • 1912
    The Conquest of the Pole

    The Conquest of the Pole (1912)

    The Conquest of the Pole

    6.21912HD

    A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne....

    The Conquest of the Pole
  • 1896
    Le manoir du diable

    Le manoir du diable (1896)

    Le manoir du diable

    6.41896HD

    In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers....

    Le manoir du diable
  • 1899
    The Devil in a Convent

    The Devil in a Convent (1899)

    The Devil in a Convent

    6.21899HD

    A priest is officiating at a convent, when suddenly he is transformed into the devil, who frightens away the nuns and turns the place into pandemonium....

    The Devil in a Convent
  • 1907
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1907)

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    5.21907HD

    The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including...

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  • 1906
    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)

    The Merry Frolics of Satan

    6.41906HD

    Two travellers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil before he takes one of them down to Hell and roasts him on a spit....

    The Merry Frolics of Satan
  • 1903
    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)

    The Kingdom of the Fairies

    6.91903HD

    At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries off the princess. A rescue party is quickly organi...

    The Kingdom of the Fairies
  • 1902
    Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe (1902)

    Robinson Crusoe

    5.51902HD

    Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it. Originally a 15 minute film, twelve and a half minutes of painted film have been fo...

    Robinson Crusoe
  • 1909
    The Diabolic Tenant

    The Diabolic Tenant (1909)

    The Diabolic Tenant

    6.71909HD

    A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion....

    The Diabolic Tenant
  • 1899
    Cinderella

    Cinderella (1899)

    Cinderella

    6.11899HD

    A fairy godmother magically turns Cinderella's rags to a beautiful dress, and a pumpkin into a coach. Cinderella goes to the ball, where she meets the Prince - but will she remember to leave before the magic runs out? Méliès based the art direction ...

    Cinderella
  • 1902
    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique (1902)

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique

    5.31902HD

    This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon thousands of tons of molten lava, sand, rocks and...

    The Terrible Eruption of Mount Pelee and Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique
  • 1907
    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    6.01907HD

    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of youn...

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
  • 1902
    The Treasures of Satan

    The Treasures of Satan (1902)

    The Treasures of Satan

    5.11902HD

    The setting of this fantastic scene represents the hall of an old chateau in which a miser has locked up seven large bags containing his wealth. Satan, who has made his way into the chateau, puts the seven bags in a strong box, and makes with his han...

    The Treasures of Satan
  • 1900
    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc (1900)

    Joan of Arc

    6.91900HD

    A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured....

    Joan of Arc
  • 1898
    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the

    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898)

    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

    5.71898HD

    Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

    Divers at Work on the Wreck of the
  • 1903
    The Infernal Cakewalk

    The Infernal Cakewalk (1903)

    The Infernal Cakewalk

    5.61903HD

    Pluto, having seen the earth, comes back home amazed at the success of that well-known dance, the "cake-walk." He has brought back with him two noted well-known dancers, who start their favorite dance amidst the flames....

    The Infernal Cakewalk
  • 1897
    Naval Combat in Greece

    Naval Combat in Greece (1897)

    Naval Combat in Greece

    5.21897HD

    An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the camera to look in the distance. At the same time the ship is hit! This scene is a filmed reconstructio...

    Naval Combat in Greece
  • 1901
    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard (1901)

    Bluebeard

    6.21901HD

    A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances....

    Bluebeard