The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Romance

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.

Rating

6.1 / 10 (57 votes)

Release date

June 6, 1907

Runtime

9m

Language

French

Director

Georges Méliès

Status

Released