| Coppelia, the Animated Doll | |
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
| Based on |
Coppélia by Arthur Saint-Léon and Léo Delibes |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
Coppelia, the Animated Doll ( French: Coppelia ou la Poupée animée) was a 1900 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 307–308 in its catalogues. [1]
The film is modeled on the 1870 ballet Coppélia, which itself is loosely based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story " The Sandman". The ballet —probably acting alongside the version of the same story in Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann— inspired Méliès on numerous occasions, including a stage illusion at his Théâtre Robert-Houdin as well as various others of his films, such as An Up-to-Date Conjuror (1899) and Extraordinary Illusions (1903). [2]
Coppelia, the Animated Doll is currently presumed lost. [1]
References
- ^ a b Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 342, ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Guido, Laurent (2014), "De la performance scénique à la ciné-chorégraphie: Les avatars de la danse chez Georges Méliès", in Malthête, Jacques; Gaudreault, André; Le Forestier, Laurent (eds.), Méliès, carrefour des attractions; suivi de Correspondances de Georges Méliès (1904-1937), Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, pp. 63–72 (here 71)
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