Cast
Henri Rollan Madeleine Rodrigue 
Albert Préjean Marcel Vallée
Credits
Written by: 
René Clair
Music: Karol Beffa
Produced by: Henri Diamant-Berger
Plot
A ray puts Paris to sleep, except for a few people.
Sinekatalog’s take
René Clair's early silent comedy has a ray freezing Paris while a few survivors enjoy the empty city. Whimsical and inventive, with trick photography, it is a playful, dreamlike early sci-fi fantasy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (2,173 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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