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A Trip to the Moon
1902Georges Méliès
Baron Munchausen's Dream
1911Georges Méliès

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Georges Méliès1861–1938

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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library (opens in a new tab)
Library of Congress2026
Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels: a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon Georges Méliès. Gugusse and the Automaton, the first appearance of a robot on screen, had not been seen in more than a century. It is now viewable in 4K.

Bluebeard

1901Georges Méliès

Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

1913Georges Méliès

Gugusse and the Automaton

1897Georges Méliès

Le château hanté

1897Georges Méliès

Le manoir du diable

1896Georges Méliès

On the Roof

1897Georges Méliès

The Astronomer's Dream

1900Georges Méliès

The Bewitched Inn

1897Georges Méliès

The Brahmin and the Butterfly

1901Georges Méliès

The Conquest of the Pole

1912Georges Méliès

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Cinema’s First Virtuoso: Georges Méliès (opens in a new tab)

Shari KizirianSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

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A Long-Lost Film, Finally Found (opens in a new tab)

Library of Congress Magazine

Library of Congress Magazine on the identification of Georges Méliès’s previously lost 1897 short Gugusse and the Automaton among early cinema holdings.

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The First Horror Film, Georges Méliès' The Haunted Castle (1896) — Open Culture (opens in a new tab)

Analysis of Méliès' pioneering horror film and its technical innovations in stop-motion effects.

On Le manoir du diable

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A Trip to the Moon

Baron Munchausen's Dream

People

Reading Room

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library (opens in a new tab)

Bluebeard

Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

Gugusse and the Automaton

Le château hanté

Le manoir du diable

On the Roof

The Astronomer's Dream

The Bewitched Inn

The Brahmin and the Butterfly

The Conquest of the Pole

Cinema’s First Virtuoso: Georges Méliès (opens in a new tab)

A Long-Lost Film, Finally Found (opens in a new tab)

The First Horror Film, Georges Méliès' The Haunted Castle (1896) — Open Culture (opens in a new tab)