In 1923, facing bankruptcy, film pioneer Georges Méliès burned all the original negatives of his early masterpieces. Almost a century later, dozens of his negatives were discovered in the Library of Congress. How did he do his final trick?
2021
HD
60min
NR
France
French
Eric Lange
Leonard Maltin
Serge Bromberg
Laurent Mannoni
Heather Linville
Randy Haberkamp
Michel Gondry
Costa-Gavras
Georges Méliès
Billy Bitzer
biography
documentary
historical figure
cinema history
silent cinema
artistic legacy
art documentary
cinematic
film restoration
