Christopher Columbus (French: Christophe Colomb), also known as The European Idea of Christopher Columbus Discovering America, is a 1904 French silent short film directed by Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn (fr).

The film is one of the oldest surviving example of the historical drama genre.

[1] The film is described in the Pathé catalogue as a Historical Scene in 8 tableaux: After its initial release in France on 24 April 1904, the film was distributed during the same year in the USA by Pathé Frères, by the Edison Manufacturing Company, by the Kleine Optical Company (1904) and by the Lubin Manufacturing Company.

[3] The film is composed of 8 single-shot scenes introduced by intertitles.

All shots are wide shots of theatre-like sets filmed by a frontal static camera.