The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.
- Year : 1907
- Country : France
- Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Studio : Star Film
- Keyword : solar eclipse, teacher student relationship, silent film, astronomy, observatory, teachers and students, moon girl moon, short film
- Director : Georges Méliès
- Cast : Georges Méliès, Mademoiselle Bodson, Manuel