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Tunneling the English Channel is a french film of genre Fantastic directed by Georges Méliès with Georges Méliès
Tunneling the English Channel (1907)
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Add to a movie listTunneling the English Channel (French: Le Tunnel sous la Manche ou le Cauchemar anglo-français) 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.
It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 936–950 in its catalogues, where it was advertised as a fantaisie burlesque à grand spectacle en 30 tableaux. Méliès appears in the film as the engineer who presents the blueprints for the tunnel. Fernande Albany, an actress who also appeared in Méliès's The Impossible Voyage, An Adventurous Automobile Trip, and The Conquest of the Pole, plays the leader of the Salvation Army parade. King Edward was played by a wash-house attendant who closely resembled the monarch, reprising a role he had played five years before in Méliès's film The Coronation of Edward VII.
American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum named it as one of his 100 favorite films. The academician Elizabeth Ezra called it "one of Méliès's wittiest and most engaging films.
Synopsis
Le roi Édouard VII et le président Armand Fallières rêvent dans leurs chambres contigües. Grâce à eux, on inaugure le fameux tunnel. Mais deux trains entrent en collision et le tunnel est détruit. Ce n'était heureusement qu'un cauchemar.Actors
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