Paris_Qui_Dort

<i>The Crazy Ray</i>

The Crazy Ray

1925 film by René Clair

"Paris Qui Dort" redirects here. Not to be confused with While Paris Sleeps.

Paris Qui Dort (literally "Paris which sleeps") is a 1924 French science fiction comedy silent feature film (65 minutes) directed by René Clair.[1] Also released as Le rayon de la mort (55 minutes), its international English-language titles were The Crazy Ray and Paris Asleep (usually 55 minutes). It has also been released in the USA as a 35 minute short subject called At 3:25. by Red Seal Pictures.

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Plot summary

The film is about a mad doctor who uses a magic ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. People who are unaffected by the ray begin to loot Paris.

Cast

  • Henri Rollan as Albert
  • Charles Martinelli as The scientist
  • Louis Pré Fils as the detective
  • Albert Préjean as The pilot
  • Madeleine Rodrigue as Hesta, the airline passenger
  • Myla Seller as The niece / daughter of the scientist
  • Antoine Stacquet as The rich man
  • Marcel Vallée as the thief

Home media

The film is available on the Region 1 Criterion DVD release of another Clair film, Under the Roofs of Paris (1930). It is also available for free at the Internet Archive.

References

  1. [1]
    Hardy, Phil, ed. (1984). The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction. Aurum Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-906053-82-X.

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