An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
FR
Genres:
Documentary, History
Release:
December 2011
Production:
France Télévisions, Lobster Films, Steamboat Films
Cast:
Serge Bromberg, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Michel Gondry, Michel Hazanavicius, Nicolas Ricordel, Eric Lange, Tom Burton, Marie Bromberg, Georges Méliès, Tom Hanks, Thomas A. Edison, Henri Langlois
Tags:
cinema on cinema, biography, special effects, filmmaking, cinema history, portrait of an artist, early cinema, portrait of a filmmaker, visual effects, european cinema