Seznam filmů 1903
La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ
The story of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of His Nativity to His Ascension into heaven. Impressive staging and beautiful hand-coloring distinguish the film from its Passion-play counterparts; Its scale and dynamic crowds prelude the Italian epics to come.
Le Mélomane
The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.
Don Quichotte
An early Pathé version of Don Quixote told in 15 chapters.
Alice in Wonderland
This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many …
Le royaume des fées
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears. Though driven off, the witch soon returns, summons some of her servants, and carries off the princess. A rescue …
Épopée napoléonienne - Napoléon Bonaparte
At school in Brienne. On the bridge of Arcole. The campaign in Egypt. Passage of the St. Bernard Pass. Garden party in Malmaison.
Velká železniční loupež
Film, který je považován za vůbec první western, tedy za zakladatele později tolik oblíbeného žánru. Zápletka Velké vlakové loupeže vám jistě bude známa z mnoha a mnoha jiných westernů. Čtveřice banditů nejprve přinutí telegrafistu k poslání zprávy, která zajistí neplánované …
Electrocuting an Elephant
This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
Life of an American Fireman
Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with their horse drawn pumper, arrive on the scene, and effect the safe rescue of a woman from …
Illusions funambulesques
Pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès performs his cine-magic act.
Le Chaudron infernal
A green-skinned demon places a woman and two courtiers into a flaming cauldron.
Mary Jane's Mishap
Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then, it's back to work. When the stove still won't light, she pours in paraffin, …
Le Revenant
Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.
Comment monsieur prend son bain
A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.
Les mousquetaires de la reine
Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled and most skillful of his soldiers. These young men manoeuvre in front of the King, …
Indian Scene of Procession
Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
The Sick Kitten
A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is important for being one of the earliest films to cut to a close-up, then back again to …
The Gay Shoe Clerk
A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.
Le puits fantastique
A witch curses a town's well.
La guirlande merveilleuse
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
Le monstre
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
Old London Street Scenes
London street scenes, showing varieties of horse-drawn traffic. Views of Parliament Square, Charing Cross, Pall Mall, the Royal Exchange and others.
The Dude and the Burglars
Two burglars have just entered an elegant-looking home, but before they can proceed, the woman of the house enters the room. One of the burglars seizes her, but then her husband enters and gets her free of the burglar's grasp. …
La Vie d'un joueur
A 8-chapter ("tableaux") short film that tells the story of a gambler who ends his life on the guillotine.
L'illusionniste mondain
On the theater stage, a magician makes appear and disappear his partners
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Excerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the spectators in the stadium and surrounding stands, and the game itself.
De kongelige paa cykler i Fredensborg slotsgaard
Fredensborg castle in North Zealand was the base of the so-called 'Fredensborg Days' in the period 1880-1898, where King Christian IX and Queen Louise would gather the family. The tradition petered out after the death of Czar Alexander III in …
Panorama du port d'Alger
Panorama of the port of Algiers.
Tom Tight et Dum Dum
Two comic characters, Jack Jags and Dum Dum, perform slapstick comedy on stage.
La flamme merveilleuse
A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The handkerchief, after being twirled about a wand, is changed to a napkin, …