A man tries to get a good night's sleep, but is disturbed by a giant spider that leaps onto his bed, and a battle ensues in hilarious comic fashion.
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Georges Méliès
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L'homme qui essaie de dormir (uncredited)
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Star-Film
(1896) (France) (theatrical)
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Flicker Alley
(2008) (United States) (DVD) (5 DVD box: Melies, First Wizard of Cinema 1896-1913)
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Lobster Films
(2009) (France) (DVD) (coffret 5 DVDs: Méliès le premier magicien du cinma 1896-1913)
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Universal-Studio Canal
(2008) (France) (DVD) (2 DVDs: Georges Méliès)
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After a hard day's work, an exhausted man can't wait to retire, and without delay, he lies in his soft and warm bed. However, much to his surprise, an enormous eight-legged adversary in the form of a frightful hairy spider crawls up on the foot of his bed, thwarting the man's plans for a good sleep. Suddenly, the broom next to him becomes the weapon of choice, but it seems that the persistent foe has already won. Who could sleep after such a fierce battle?
Written by Nick Riganas
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A Terrible Night
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Una noche terrible
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Užasna noć
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Ужасная ночь
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Mia tromeri nichta
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In 2011 Pauline Méliès, great-great-granddaughter of the original Georges Méliès, hypothesized that the known copy to exist of "A Terrible Night" was actually a later film of the same director called "A Midnight Episode", and that a flipbook published by Leon Beaulieu around the turn of the century is a copy of the true film. If this hypothesis is correct then both films exist.
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