Tunnelling the English Channel

Tunneling the English Channel
Directed by Georges Méliès
Release date(s) July 1, 1907[1]
Running time 23 minutes
Country France
Language silent

Tunneling the English Channel (Tunnel sous la manche ou Le cauchemar franco-anglais) is a 1907 silent film by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.

American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum named it as one of his 100 favorite films.[2]

References

  1. ^ The World at War - FRANCE - La Belle Epoque - Part 3 - 1905 - 1909 1905
  2. ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (2004). Essential Cinema. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801878403. 
  • Ezra, Elizabeth (2000). Georges Méliès. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 136–140. ISBN 071905396X. 
  • Frayling, Christopher (2005). Mad, Bad and Dangerous?. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 1861892551. 

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