A Nightmare

A Nightmare

6.0

Dec 25 1896

0h 1m

Horror

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

Man

Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy

Woman in Toga

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