The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage
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Directed byGeorges Méliès
Based onJourney Through the Impossible
by Jules Verne
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Release date
  • 1904 (1904)
Running time
374 meters
Approx. 20 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageSilent
Budget37,500

The Impossible Voyage (French: Le Voyage à travers l'impossible), also known as An Impossible Voyage and Whirling the Worlds, is a 1904 French silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by Jules Verne's 1882 play Journey Through the Impossible, and modeled in style and format on Méliès's highly successful 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, the film is a satire of scientific exploration in which a group of geographically minded tourists attempt a journey to the Sun using various methods of transportation. The film was a significant international success at the time of its release, and has been well received by film historians.