Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Produced by | Georges Méliès |
| Written by | Georges Méliès |
| Starring |
Georges Méliès Jeanne d'Alcy |
| Cinematography | Georges Méliès |
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2 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb (French: Cléopâtre, literally Cleopatra) was an 1899 short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. One of the earliest horror films ever made, it is about resurrecting the mummy of Cleopatra. In it, a man chops the mummy of Cleopatra into pieces, and then "produces a woman from a smoking brazier."
While today director Méliès is more known for his iconic film A Trip to the Moon, it was this film which caught the attention of producer Charles Urban, who released the film in America (under the title Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb; its English release was simply titled Cleopatra's Tomb) and subsequently distributed many of Méliès other films.
This is a lost film. A print was once reported to have been discovered in France on 22 September 2005. However, it later turned out that this was a different film (that happened to involve the robbing of an Egyptian-looking tomb as well).
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