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Le Chevalier des neiges
FRANCE · 1912

Le Chevalier des neiges

Georges Méliès
supernatural kidnapping fantasy adventure good versus evil magical transformation
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Synopsis

One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his most lavish productions, including this one. Here, Méliès performed in front of the camera as the Devil […]. His incarnation of Satan this time is a sprightly antagonist who kidnaps a princess by locking her in a cage and taking off through the sky in a dragon-pulled carr

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