Le Royaume Des Fées (The Kingdom of the Fairies) (1903)
1903 · Silent film · 16 min
- Sci-Fi
Synopsis
The film historian Georges Sadoul suggested that the film was freely adapted from La Biche au Bois, a popular féerie by the brothers Goignard, which had been first produced in March 1845 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin and which was frequently revived throughout the nineteenth century.A publication on Méliès's films by the Centre national du cinéma cites Charles Perrault 's story " Sleeping Beauty " as the most direct inspiration for the film, with the seven fairies in that tale reduced to four. The film's cast includes Georges Méliès as Prince Bel-Azor, Marguerite Thévenard as Princess Azurine, and Bleuette Bernon as the fairy Aurora. Sadoul, examining a production still from the film, identified the actor Durafour as a supporting player. While most of the film was shot indoors, the nuptial cortege scene near the end was filmed outdoors in Méliès's garden, with a real horse. Special effects in the film were created with stage machinery, rolling panoramas, miniature models, pyrotechnics, substitution splices, superimpositions, and dissolves.
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Details
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- silent movies
- Georges Méliès
