List of science fiction films before 1920 information
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A list of science fiction films released before the 1920s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely available with reviews by reputable
critics or film historians.
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
1895
La Charcuterie mécanique
Lumière Brothers
France
Short film[1]
1897
Gugusse et l'Automate
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
France
Short film,[2] lost
The X-Rays
George Albert Smith
United Kingdom
1898
Les rayons Röntgen
Georges Méliès
France
lost film
The Astronomer's Dream
Georges Méliès
France
1902
A Trip to the Moon
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
France
Short film
1904
The Impossible Voyage Le Voyage à travers l'impossible
Georges_Méliès
Georges_Méliès, Fernande Albany, Jehanne d'Alcy
France
Short film
1907
Under the Seas AKA Deux Cents Milles sous les mers ou le Cauchemar du pêcheur AKA 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
France
Short film
The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and the Moon
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
France
1908
El hotel eléctrico
Segundo de Chomón
Segundo de Chomón
Spain
Short film[3][4]
1909
Airship Destroyer
Walter R. Booth
United Kingdom
Short film[5]
Viaje al planeta Júpiter
Segundo de Chomón
Segundo de Chomón
Spain
Short film[3][4]
1910
Frankenstein
J. Searle Dawley
Augustus Phillips, Charles Stanton Ogle, Mary Fuller
United States
Short film
Viaje al centro de la tierra
Segundo de Chomón
Segundo de Chomón
Spain
Short film[3][4]
1911
The Aerial Anarchists
Walter R. Booth
United Kingdom
Short film , lost film
Little Moritz enlève Rosalie
Henri Gambard
France
Short film
1912
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Lucius J. Henderson
James Cruze, Florence La Badie
United States
Short film
The Conquest of the Pole
George Melies
George Melies
France
Short film
1913
Amerika – Europa im Luftschiff
Alfred Lind
Germany
Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola
Marcel Fabre
Italy
A Message from Mars
J. Wallett Waller
United Kingdom
1915
Der Kraftmeier
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Germany
Der Tunnel a.k.a The Tunnel
William Wauer
Friedrich Kayssler, Fritzi Massary, Hermann Vallentin, Felix Basch
Germany
William Voss
Rudolf Meinert
Germany
1916
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Stuart Paton
Leviticus Jones, Allen Holubar
United States
Homunculus
Otto Rippert
Olaf Fønss, Friedrich Kuehne
Germany
Serial film[6]
Tales of Hoffmann
Richard Oswald
Erich Kaiser-Titz, Werner Krauss
Germany
Titanenkampf
Joseph Delmont
Erich Kaiser-Titz
Germany
Verdens Undergang
August Blom
Alf Blütecher, Olaf Fønss, Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Denmark
[7]
1917
Himmelskibet
Holger-Madsen
Ole Olsen
Denmark
1918
Alraune
Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz
Géza Erdélyi, Gyula Gál
Hungary
Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein
Max Auzinger, Joseph Klein
Germany
The Master Mystery
Burton King
Harry Houdini, Ruth Stonehouse, William Pike, Floyd Buckley
United States
Serial film[8][9]
The Star Prince
Madeline Brandeis
Zoe Rae, Dorphia Brown
United States
A Trip to Mars AKA Himmelskibet
Holger-Madsen
Gunnar Tolnæs, Zanny Petersen, Nicolai Neiiendam
Denmark
1919
Die Arche
Richard Oswald
Leo Connard, Eva Speyer
Germany
The First Men in the Moon
Bruce Gordon, J.L.V. Leigh
Bruce Gordon, Heather Thatcher, Lionel d'Aragon
United Kingdom
lost film
The Mistress of the World
Joe May
Mia May, Michael Bohnen, Hans Mierendorff
Germany
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^Benson, Michael (2002). Fighting Robots: A Guide to Radio-controlled Combatants. Citadel Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-8065-2372-7.
^ abcJiménez, Jesús (18 February 2012). "La ciencia ficción, un género tan raro en el cine español como estimulante". rtve (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^ abcMerelo, Alfonso (14 December 2004). "Ecine de ciencia ficción en españa: Una aproximación". Ciencia-ficcion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2016.
^Paris, Michael (1995). From the Wright brothers to Top gun: aviation, nationalism, and popular cinema. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-7190-4074-4.
^Prince, Stephen (2004). The Horror Film. Rutgers University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8135-3363-5.
^Mitry, Jean (1965). Filmographie Universelle (in French). Vol. 5. Paris, France: Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. p. 155.
^Wollstein, Hans J. (2009). "The Master Mystery (1918)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
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