A Message From Mars (1913)

Original title

A Message from Mars

Directed by

Wallett Waller

Genre

silent film, science fiction film, Christmas film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man who ignores the suffering of the poor is visited by a spirit from Mars. The encounter teaches him to change his selfish ways.

whimsicalmoralisticdatedsentimentalquietearnestfantastical

What happens

A Message from Mars is a 1913 British science fiction silent film directed by J.Wallett Waller. According to the British Film Institute, it is the first British science-fiction film. The film was written by Waller and Richard Ganthony, based on Ganthony's 1899 play A Message from Mars. The play had been issued as a book in 1912 credited to Lester Lurgan (aka Mabel Knowles) and Ganthony. The story is similar to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol of 1843, with the theme that the rich should care for the poor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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