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The Crazy Ray

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Paris Qui Dort
The Crazy Ray
Directed byRené Clair
Written byRené Clair
Produced byHenri Diamant-Berger (producer)
StarringHenri Rollan
CinematographyMaurice Desfassiaux
Paul Guichard
Edited byRené Clair
Music byJean Wiener
Distributed byFilm Arts Guild
Release date
  • 26 December 1924 (1924-12-26)
Running time
65/55/35 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent film
French intertitles

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.

Plot summary

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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

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Home media

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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

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

See also

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