The Impossible Voyage (1904)

Original title

Le Voyage à travers l'impossible

Directed by

Georges Méliès

Genre

short film, fantasy film, silent film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

France

Runtime

24 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 207 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of tourists use various vehicles to try to reach the Sun. Their journey is full of strange and imaginative obstacles.

whimsicalplayfulfantasticalinventivebriskspectacularsatirical

What happens

The Impossible Voyage (French: Le Voyage à travers l'impossible), also known as An Impossible Voyage and Whirling the Worlds, is a 1904 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by Jules Verne's and Adolphe d'Ennery's 1882 play Journey Through the Impossible, and modeled in style and format on Méliès's highly successful 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the film is a satire of scientific exploration in which a group of geographically minded tourists attempt a journey to the Sun using various methods of transportation. The film was a significant international success at the time of its release, and has been well received by film historians. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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