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La belle au Bois-Dormant (1902)

Also known as The Sleeping Beauty

1902 · Silent film · 11 min · dir. Lucien Nonguet

  • Fantasy
  • Family

Synopsis

A very powerful king gave a great [festivity] in honour of the birth of a princess. He invited all the great dignitaries of his kingdom, as well as the fairies from round about, but unfortunately he forgot one, the most wicked of them all, the fairy Carabosse. She was not long in appearing at the feat and predicted that when she was fifteen years of age, the young girl would prick her finger at a spinning wheel and fall in a trance for a hundred years when a prince, a king's son would awake…

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Details

Director
Lucien Nonguet
Studio
Pathé Frères
Released
1902-07-28
Original title
La Belle au bois dormant
Running time
11 minutes

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