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The Extraordinary Voyage

Name: The Extraordinary Voyage
Director: Serge Bromberg
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2011-12-08
Cast: Serge Bromberg, Costa-Gavras, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Michel Gondry, Michel Hazanavicius

DocumentaryHistory

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group of true cinema lovers.

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Cast

Serge BrombergCosta-GavrasJean-Pierre JeunetMichel GondryMichel HazanaviciusNicolas RicordelEric LangeTom BurtonMarie BrombergGeorges MélièsTom HanksThomas A. Edison

Director

Serge Bromberg

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