Release date 1903 Country New Zealand Director Franklyn Barrett | Running time 800 feet Initial release 1903 Cinematography Franklyn Barrett | |
Based on a play by Richard Ganthony Language Silent film
English intertitles People also search for The Breaking of the Drought | ||
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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.
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Another version of this film was made in 1913 in the UK as A Message From Mars. 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
A Message from Mars Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA