The Lilliputian Minuet
About The Lilliputian Minuet
Georges Méliès, as a magician, brings miniature figures out of playing cards. They dance a minuet on the table, and he sends them back. Only pieces of the Star Film short are known. The French title is Le Menuet lilliputien.
Cast & crew
More about The Lilliputian Minuet
Méliès directed it. A one-minute figure is attached to the surviving material.
Themes
Preservation
Only fragments are known to survive.
Notes
- What remains is a fragment, not a complete catalogue copy.
- The dancers come off the cards.
- The dance is a minuet on a table.
- No other player is billed.
Scenes
- The card figures dance the minuet, then go back into the cards.
