CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1902
A Trip to the Moon posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1902 0h 14m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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A Trip to the Moon

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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION

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The Impossible Voyage poster 01

Movie / 1904 / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction

The Impossible Voyage

Why this pick

Méliès expands the hand-crafted, theatrical wonder of A Trip to the Moon into an exuberant expedition across fantastical landscapes, packed with ingenious visual transformations and playful cosmic-scale imagination.

The Kingdom of Fairies poster 02

Movie / 1903 / Adventure / Fantasy

The Kingdom of Fairies

Why this pick

A lavish fairy-tale quest built from Méliès’s painted sets, stage magic, and joyful visual invention—ideal for the same sense of early-cinema spectacle and impossible travel.

The Astronomer's Dream poster 03

Movie / 1898 / Fantasy

The Astronomer's Dream

Why this pick

This compact lunar fantasy shares the whimsical astronomy, trick photography, and mischievous dream logic that make A Trip to the Moon feel both theatrical and astonishing.

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen poster 04

Movie / 1962 / Fantasy / Adventure

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Why this pick

A gloriously artificial voyage through extravagant worlds, combining live action with storybook illustration and effects that preserve Méliès’s playful belief in visible cinematic magic.

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne poster 05

Movie / 1958 / Fantasy

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

Why this pick

Zeman turns a Jules Verne adventure into a tactile illustrated dream, using boldly visible craft and fantastical machinery in a spirit closely aligned with Méliès’s imaginative spectacle.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jeanne d'Alcy

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