The Magic of Méliès

The Magic of Méliès 1997 Directed by Jacques Mény La Magie Méliès

A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , History

Production Companies CNC , La Sept-Arte , Mikros Image , Sodaperaga Productions , Productions Sheherazade

Release Date 1 January 1997

131 mins

Cast

Marina Moncade Self - Narrator (voice)

Daniel Ceccaldi Méliès (voice)

Charles-Antoine Decroix Salesman (voice)

Abdul Alafrez Magician

Claire Mosser Magician's Assistant

Didier Cremer Young Méliès

Alain Kanto Magic Lantern Operator

Philippe Duval Announcer

François Riou The Drawing Hand

Clara Mény Child Madeleine

Madeleine Malthête-Méliès Self

Christian Fechner Self

Laurent Mannoni Self

Jacques Malthête Self

Anne-Marie Malthête-Quévrain Self

Paolo Cherchi Usai Self

André Gaudreault Self

Georges Méliès Self / Various Roles (archive footage)

Crew

Director

Jacques Mény

Writer

Jacques Mény

Producer

Brigitte Lécuyer

Cinematography

Jean-Pierre Caussidery

Composer

Eric Le Guen

Editor

Marie-Louise Derrien

Sound

Jean Maïni

Michel Pacalin

Jean-Marc Perriau

Philippe Laffont

Thierry Moizan

Art Direction

Elsa Ejchenrand

Makeup Artist

Annie Ollié

Music

Eric Le Guen

Lighting

Charly Perez

Ali Ada

Assistant Directors

Corinne Kaoua

Guillaume Mény