Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb
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Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb (Template:Langx, literally Cleopatra) is an 1899 silent trick 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."[1]
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 the United States (under the title Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb; its British release was simply titled Cleopatra's Tomb) and subsequently distributed many of Méliès other films.[1] It's numbered 175–176 in the catalogue.
This is a lost film. A print was reported to have been discovered in France on 22 September 2005,[2] but it turned out to be a different film involving tomb robbery.[3]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- 1899 films
- 1899 horror films
- French black-and-white films
- French silent short films
- Films directed by Georges Méliès
- Depictions of Cleopatra on film
- Mummy films
- Lost horror films
- Lost French films
- 1890s lost films
- 1899 short films
- Silent French horror films
- 1890s French films
- Resurrection in film
- Trick films
- Lost short films
- Lost silent films