Cinderella (1899)
- Original title
- Cendrillon
- Directed by
- Georges Méliès
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film, romance film, family film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 128 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a silent French film from 1899 that tells the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. Using trick photography and stage effects, it shows Cinderella going to the ball and losing her glass slipper.
whimsicaldreamlikeplayfulsilentfairytale-liketheatricalbrisk-pacing
What happens
Cinderella (French: Cendrillon) is an 1899 French trick film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, where it is advertised as a grande féerie extraordinaire en 20 tableaux. It is the first known film adaptation of the classic fairy tale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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