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La Civilisation à travers les âges
Promotional still of the film, showing the story of Cain and Abel
Directed byGeorges Méliès
Written byGeorges Méliès
Produced byGeorges Méliès
Production
company
Star Film Company
Release date
  • 1908 (1908)
Running time
320 meters[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent

Humanity Through the Ages (French: La Civilisation à travers les âges), released in the US initially as Humanity Through Ages,[1] is a 1908 historical drama film directed by Georges Méliès. The film, now presumed lost, is an episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.[2]

  1. ^ a b Malthête & Mannoni, p. 352.
  2. ^ Frazer, John (1979). Artificially Arranged Scenes: The Films of Georges Méliès. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. p. 191. ISBN 0816183686.

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