A Message from Mars

A Message from Mars
Based on	a play by Richard Ganthony
Cinematography	Franklyn Barrett
Release date	1903
Running time	800 feet
Country	New Zealand
Language	Silent film English intertitles

A Message from Mars is a 1903 New Zealand short film, based on a play that had been highly popular in Australia and New Zealand.

Another version of this film was made in 1913 in the UK as A Message From Mars. In December 2014, the British Film Institute announced this latter film was posted online on their website.

A Martian comes to Earth to show a human he is selfish.

This 1903 film was New Zealand's first fiction film and is now considered a lost film.

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