The Oracle of Delphi (French: L'Oracle de Delphes) is a 1903 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 476 in its catalogues.Synopsis
In ancient Egypt, two priests deposit an ornate box inside a temple, locking the doors behind them. After their departure, a thief breaks into the temple and steals the box, but he is caught by a mysteriously appearing bearded figure. The bearded man retrieves the box and gives life to the two sphinx statues placed at the doors. The sphinxes appear as living women and attack the thief, whose head turns immediately into a donkey's head. The sphinxes turn back into statues, the bearded man disappears, and the donkey-thief is left sitting astonished on the ground.
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