| A Trip to the Moon | |
|---|---|
 Le Voyage dans la lune | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Title | A Trip to the Moon |
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Written by | Georges Méliès |
| Produced by | Georges Méliès |
| Music by | |
| Cinematography | Lucien Tainguy; Michaut |
| Edited by | Georges Méliès |
| Distributed by | |
| Release date(s) | September 1st, 1902 |
| MPAA Rating | N/A |
| Running time | 14 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | N/A |
| Budget | |
A Trip to the Moon is a black and white silent film short produced and directed by Georges Méliès. The original French title is Le Voyage dans la lune and it is largely considered to be the first science fiction film. The movie is notable for it's infamous screenshot of the "Man in the Moon", distressed after finding a space capsule lodged in his eye. The movie is loosely based on the literary works of two masters of the genre, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, specifically, Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon and Wells' 1901 novel The First Men in the Moon.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Victor André | Unknown |
| Bleuette Bernon | Lady in the Moon |
| Brunnet | Astronomer |
| Jeanne d'Alcy | Unknown |
| Henri Delannoy | Captain of the rocket |
| Depierre | Unknown |
| Farjaut | Astronomer |
| Kelm | Astronmer |
| Georges Méliès | Profesor Barbenfouillis |
Plot[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- First film appearance of the moon.
- Actress Jeanne d'Alcy was the wife of filmmaker Georges Méliès.
- A Trip to the Moon was one of only two films produced during Jules Verne's lifetime. The other was An Impossible Voyage. Also directed by Georges Méliès, it was based on the Verne play Voyage à travers l'impossible.