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A Message from Mars is a 1903 New Zealand short film, based on a play that had been highly popular in Australia and New Zealand.[2]

A Message from Mars
Based on	a play by Richard Ganthony
Cinematography	Franklyn Barrett[1]
Release date	1903
Running time	800 feet
Country	New Zealand
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

Another version of this film was made in 1913 in the UK as A Message from Mars (1913 film). In December 2014, the British Film Institute announced this latter film was posted online on their website.

Plot

A Martian comes to Earth to show a human he is selfish.

Preservation status

This 1903 film was New Zealand's first fiction film and is now considered a lost film.

References

External links

• A Message From Mars at IMDB
• A Message From Mars at Silent Era

На других языках

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- [en] A Message from Mars (1903 film)

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[it] A Message from Mars (film 1903)

A Message from Mars è un cortometraggio muto del 1903 diretto da Franklyn Barrett. Basato sul lavoro teatrale A Message from Mars del commediografo statunitense Richard Ganthoney, una commedia fantascientifica portata al successo sia a Londra sia a Broadway dall'attore Charles Henry Hawtrey, fu il primo film di fantasia prodotto in Nuova Zelanda[1].

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