The Crazy Ray
| Paris Qui Dort The Crazy Ray |
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| Directed by | René Clair |
| Produced by | Henri Diamant-Berger (producer) |
| Written by | René Clair |
| Starring | Henri Rollan |
| Music by | Jean Wiener |
| Cinematography |
Maurice Desfassiaux Paul Guichard |
| Edited by | René Clair |
| Distributed by | Film Arts Guild |
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35 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language |
Silent film French intertitles |
Paris Qui Dort (literally "Paris which sleeps") is a 1924 French science fiction comedy silent short film directed by René Clair. Also released as Le rayon de la mort, its international English-language titles were The Crazy Ray and Paris Asleep. It has also been released in the USA as At 3:25.
The film is about a mad doctor who uses a magic ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. People who are unaffected by the ray begin to loot Paris.
The film is available on the Region 1 Criterion DVD release of another Clair film, Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). It is also available for free at the Internet Archive.
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