''L'Auberge du bon repos'', sold in the United States as ''The Inn Where No Man Rests'' and in Britain as ''The Inn of "Good Rest"'', is a 1903 French short silent

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

by Georges Méliès. Set in an

inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...

, the film addresses the state of the drunken mind with light heartedness.

Production

''The Inn Where No Man Rests'' is an expanded version of an earlier Méliès film, '' The Bewitched Inn'' (1897). The Moon and a manic chase, as featured in the film, are both common motifs in Méliès's work. As usual for his films, the chase here is circular, within a single set; however, Méliès did eventually try the linear, multi-scene chase format of his contemporaries (such as

Ferdinand Zecca Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the international ...

and

Lucien Nonguet Lucien Henri Nonguet (10 May 1869 – 22 June 1955) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the first film director and screenwriter of the Pathé company. Biography Lucien Nonguet was born on 10 May 1869 in Poitier ...

) in his film '' A Desperate Crime''. Méliès himself plays the traveler in the film. The table and pendulum are animated using

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; other objects are pulled or suspended using wire, and additional effects are worked using substitution splices. ''The Inn Where No Man Rests'' was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 465–469 in its catalogues.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inn Where No Man Rests, The 1903 films French black-and-white films Films directed by Georges Méliès French silent short films 1903 comedy films French comedy short films Silent French comedy films