First science-fiction film in the history of world cinema, it is
maybe the most representative - and not casually it is the most
known - film of Méliès’, the film-maker, gifted with a rich
imagination. He wrote and conducted it drawing his inspiration
from two novels by a great writer in this line, Jules Verne:
From the Earth to the Moon, and Round the Moon. At a meeting of
the club of the astronomers, Professor Barbenfouillis announces
his next adventure: he will lead an expedition to the Moon. Six
volunteers are catapulted with him to the satellite. As soon as
the crew lands on the lunar ground, it is received by a sudden
explosion. After a night spent dreaming celestial bodies, the
astronomers find they are almost frozen. Once the problem is
solved, they start to search: the explorer will lead them to the
court of the king of the Selenites, who will not give them the
hoped warm welcome. Despite these not always happy surprises,
these pioneers of space travels will come back to the Earth,
welcome as they we