The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)

Overview : In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.

Release Date : June 7, 1907

Runtime : 9m

Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Romance  

Companies : Star Film

Countries : France

Keywords : solar eclipse, teacher student relationship, silent film, astronomy, observatory, teachers and students, moon girl moon, short film