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The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon(1907)
Status: Released
Date: 1907-06-07
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50 Votes
Time: 0h 9m
Overview:
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.
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France
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Star Film
Movie: The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Top 3 Billed Cast
Georges Méliès
Professor of Astronomy
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In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.
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1907-06-07
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