A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.A scientist's invisible ray freezes Paris into immobility.
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- TriviaThis film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Under the Roofs of Paris (1930).
- GoofsEverybody in Paris is supposed to be immovable. However, when the group goes back up to the Eiffel tower, a car can be seen driving through the streets of Paris in the background.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD). The film has been re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az európai film kezdetei (1989)
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Charming Gallic silent fantasy
A watchman high on the Eiffel Tower awakens one morning to find everyone in Paris seemingly asleep, frozen in the position they were at 3:25 AM. He, and a group who had been high up in an aeroplane in the wee hours, frolic in the petrified City of Lights until the novelty wears out and they discover the cause of the mysterious phenomenon. The film is a charming silent directed by René Clair (one of his many fantasy films) and features fine old images of Paris in the 1920's (much of the story talks place on or around the Eiffel Tower) and some borderline surrealism, especially of people frozen in mid-action or having tea perched high on the iron girders of the iconic landmark. The version I recently watched on-line (about 55 min long) was a bit washed out - a high-quality copy would be worth finding. Note that there are several versions in circulation with various titles and lengths. A must see for fans of vintage fantasy films or of early French cinema.
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- jamesrupert2014
- Sep 25, 2021
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- Runtime59 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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