An Adventurous Automobile Trip

An Adventurous Automobile Trip

1905 · 10 min · ★ 5.8 · Adventure

A man needs to get to Monte Carlo from Paris, but finds out that a train will take 17 hours to get there. He decides to go with a man with a special car, who claims that he can get there in just two hours. Complications ensue.

Directed by Georges Méliès

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