One of the earliest horror films ever made, it is about resurrecting the mummy of Cleopatra.
In it, a man chops the mummy of Cleopatra into pieces, and then "produces a woman from a smoking brazier.
"[1] While today director Méliès is more known for his iconic film A Trip to the Moon, it was this film which caught the attention of producer Charles Urban, who released the film in the United States (under the title Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb; its British release was simply titled Cleopatra's Tomb) and subsequently distributed many of Méliès other films.
A print was reported to have been discovered in France on 22 September 2005,[2] but it turned out to be a different film involving tomb robbery.
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