Sur les Toits (1897)
Also known as On the Roof
1897 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. Georges Méliès
- Crime
- Comedy
Synopsis
On the Roofs is an 1897 French short silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 100 in its catalogues. The film features a bumbling policeman attempting to apprehend two criminals on the roof of an apartment building. "Every second of this," "highly successfully staged" "minute of film," according to Europa Film Treasues, "is used to construct the character's action and movements" and "made use of the theatre's three-dimensional decor," which "the competition quickly copied." The film was included in the Will Day collection bought by French Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux from collector Wilfrid Day in 1959 and preserved in the French Film Archives.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Georges Méliès
- Studio
- Star Film
- Released
- 1897-05-18
- Original title
- Sur les toits
- Running time
- 1 minutes
- Language
- French
- Collection
- Georges Méliès, Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Gen X
- Silent Film
Cast & crew
Georges Méliès Director- Georges Méliès
