The Frozen Policeman (1908)

Original title

L'agent gelé

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French silent short film where a policeman gets frozen. It was shot outdoors at real locations around the filmmaker's family property.

shortsilentwhimsicalobservationaloutdoorplayfulhistorical

What happens

The Frozen Policeman (French: L'Agent gelé) is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. No Star Film Company catalogue number is known for it. The film is rare among Méliès's fiction films in using location shooting of real outdoor landscapes rather than painted scenery. Some of the Méliès family property in Montreuil-sous-Bois can be seen in it, including outside views of Méliès's parents' house and his first glass studio, Studio A. No English-language release is documented for the film, but the translated title The Frozen Policeman has been used in academic work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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