The Astronomers Dream (1898) Georges Méliès

This early silent film was created/directed by Georges Méliès and was released in France under the name, “La lune à un mètre,“ in 1898. In the film an astronomer is studying at his desk in an observatory. The devil appears, then a woman appears and makes the devil and herself vanish. The astronomer draws a globe on a blackboard which comes to life and starts to move on the blackboard. The astronomer then looks through a small telescope. The moon appears as a large face and eats the astronomer’s telescope.