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The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage

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The Impossible Voyage

1904

0h 20m

7.3(211 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Overview

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

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4 featured cast members

Starring

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

Mabouloff

Fernande Albany

Fernande Albany

Madame Latrouille (uncredited)

Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy

Villager at Seaport (uncredited)

May de Lavergne

Nurse in Swiss Hospital (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Georges Méliès
Written by: Georges Méliès
Adolphe d'Ennery
Produced by: Georges Méliès

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