61:
67:
65:
62:
66:
64:
120:
of French theatrical performers is led by Méliès himself as the main character, Professor
Barbenfouillis. The film features the overtly theatrical style for which Méliès became famous. In an iconic shot, the astronomers' capsule hits the
164:
63:
141:
32:
27:
54:
145:
98:
44:
39:
136:
89:
75:
112:
in a cannon-propelled capsule, explore the Moon's surface, escape from an underground group of
122:
104:
92:
and released on 1 September 1902. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including
158:
117:
17:
93:
126:
85:
133:(literally 'in the eye'), the French equivalent of the English 'bullseye'.
116:(lunar inhabitants), and return to Earth with a captive Selenite. Its
25:
113:
108:, the silent film follows a group of astronomers who travel to the
109:
165:Knowledge (XXG) Picture of the day September 2022
8:
7:
24:
59:
1:
28:Picture of the day archives
181:
99:From the Earth to the Moon
146:More featured pictures...
84:) is a French adventure
130:
82:Le Voyage dans la Lune
81:
102:and its 1870 sequel
129:on the expression
76:A Trip to the Moon
55:Picture of the day
139:
68:
172:
134:
70:
69:
49:
45:2022 September 2
38:
30:
180:
179:
175:
174:
173:
171:
170:
169:
155:
154:
152:
150:
149:
148:
123:Man in the Moon
105:Around the Moon
71:
60:
57:
51:
50:
47:
42:
36:
26:
22:
21:
20:
12:
11:
5:
178:
176:
168:
167:
157:
156:
140:
137:Georges Méliès
125:in the eye, a
96:'s 1865 novel
90:Georges Méliès
72:
58:
53:
52:
43:
40:2022 August 31
35:
33:2022 September
23:
15:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
177:
166:
163:
162:
160:
153:
147:
143:
138:
135:Film credit:
132:
128:
124:
119:
118:ensemble cast
115:
111:
107:
106:
101:
100:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
78:
77:
56:
46:
41:
34:
29:
19:
18:Template:POTD
151:
103:
97:
88:directed by
74:
73:
94:Jules Verne
131:dans l'œil
127:visual pun
86:short film
114:Selenites
159:Category
142:Archive
16:<
110:Moon
48:>
37:<
161::
144:–
31::
80:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.