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Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures
FRANCE · 1905

Le Raid Paris-Monte Carlo en deux heures

Georges Méliès
automobiles travel speed impossible journeys comedic mishaps
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Synopsis

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.

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