Humanity Through the Ages (1908)

Original title

La Civilisation à travers les âges

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

drama film, silent film, historical film

Country

France

Runtime

16 min

Rating

2.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of scenes show humans acting cruelly to each other across history. It starts with Cain and Abel and ends with a 1907 peace conference.

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What happens

Humanity Through the Ages (French: La Civilisation à travers les âges), released in the US initially as Humanity Through Ages, is a 1908 historical drama film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, now presumed lost, is an episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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