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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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