Películas Año 1904

A fairly venturesome piece of filmmaking for the era: Based on the Jules Verne story, the film utilizes a dozen cuts, irised lenses, panning shots...

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes...

As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him. The conjurer...

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and...

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.

A charming example of the Pathe stencil system of colour films, also using superimposition.

A singing "baby" backed by a chorus line of fellow "babies".

Silent black and white film from Argentina made in 1904.

A couple perform a acrobatic dance.

Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

The heir of a rich family puts up a notice, where he says he is looking for a wife. As a result, he will soon find himself fleeing from a dozen women.

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

The 1904–1905 Pathé short Un coup d’œil par étage (literally “A Glance on Each Floor”) is an inventive...

Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.