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The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905)

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship poster
Original title
Le Dirigeable fantastique
Directed by
Georges Méliès
Genre
fantasy film, comedy film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
3 min
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An inventor builds a strange airship and takes it for a flight. The adventure includes bizarre encounters and visual tricks.

whimsicalplayfulsurrealfast-pacedinventivelighthearteddreamlike

What happens

Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur, released in the US as The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship and in the UK as Fantastical Air Ship, is a 1905 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 786–788 in its catalogues. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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