La Fée aux Choux
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La Fée aux Choux is one of the earliest narrative fiction film
s ever made. It was probably made before the first Méliès
fiction film, but after the Lumière
brothers' L'Arroseur Arrosé
. The confusion stems from the uncertainty in the dating of these three films. Many film historians have accepted that La Fée aux Choux was made in April 1896, just a month or two before Méliès made his first fiction film. L'Arroseur arrosé (generally considered the earliest fiction film) was screened in December 1895.
La Fée aux Choux is sixty seconds long, possibly making it the earliest known film with a running time of at least one minute.
Alice Guy Blaché, the director of La Fée aux Choux, is one of the early cinema
's most important figures, and had an extensive career as a director, producer and studio owner, working in both France
and the United States
. Guy Blaché appears in the film, dressed as a man.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s ever made. It was probably made before the first Méliès
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
fiction film, but after the Lumière
Auguste and Louis Lumière
The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...
brothers' L'Arroseur Arrosé
L'Arroseur Arrosé
L'Arroseur arrosé is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval...
. The confusion stems from the uncertainty in the dating of these three films. Many film historians have accepted that La Fée aux Choux was made in April 1896, just a month or two before Méliès made his first fiction film. L'Arroseur arrosé (generally considered the earliest fiction film) was screened in December 1895.
La Fée aux Choux is sixty seconds long, possibly making it the earliest known film with a running time of at least one minute.
Alice Guy Blaché, the director of La Fée aux Choux, is one of the early cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
's most important figures, and had an extensive career as a director, producer and studio owner, working in both France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Guy Blaché appears in the film, dressed as a man.