The Méliès Mystery

Jan 2, 2021

1h 0m

★ 6.8

Overview

A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National Film Center, and the Library of Congress.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Lobster Films

Steamboat Films

The Méliès Mystery Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Leonard Maltin

(voice)

Serge Bromberg

Self

Costa-Gavras

Self

Michel Gondry

Self

Randy Haberkamp

Self

Heather Linville

Self

Laurent Mannoni

Self (archive footage)

Georges Méliès

Self (archive footage)

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