Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse AKA Cinderella (1912)

Also known as Cinderella or The Glass Slipper

1912 · Silent film · 24 min · dir. Georges Méliès

• Drama
• Fantasy

Watch now On the Internet Archive

Synopsis

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance of a narrative; additionally, the use of dissolves as transitions in it influenced other filmmakers for years to do the same. Méliès was the cinema world's preeminent leader then. By 1912, however, that was no longer the case; frankly, as evidenced by this feature, his style had become dated. Moreover, Méliès had begun to adopt techniques from other filmmakers,…

Synopsis from TMDb

Details

Director

Georges Méliès

Studio

Star Film

Released

1912-11-01

Original title

Cendrillon ou la Pantoufle merveilleuse

Running time

24 minutes

Cast & crew

• Georges Méliès Director
• Louise Lagrange
• Jacques Feyder
• Marthe Vinot

More like this

• Barbe-bleue AKA Blue Beard (1901)
• The Impossible Voyage (1904)
• The Mystical Flame (1903)
• Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (1903)
• A Trip to the Moon (1902)
• À La Conquête Du Pôle (1912)
• The Diabolical Church Window (1911)
• Le diable gant ou Le miracle de la madonne (1901)
• A Miracle Under the Inquisition (1904)
• The Haunted Castle (1896)