Alice in Wonderland

UK 1903 | Original colour tints | 2 min 50 sec (edited highlights) or 8 mins | Cert U | Drama | Family | Silent
Cast: May Clark, Cecil M. Hepworth, Margaret Hepworth, Norman WhittenBritish Film Institute.
Available on DVD and DCP.
For an overseas booking, contact: Rod.Rhule@bfi.org.uk
Music: 'Jill in the Box', composed and performed by Wendy Hiscocks.
This restoration was supported by The Headley Trust and The Pilgrim Trust.

Alice dreams that she sees the White Rabbit and follows him down the Rabbit-hole, into the Hall of Many Doors. This first-ever film version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, made over 100 years ago, dramatises key scenes in Lewis Carroll’s story and is based on Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations.

Cinema's first film version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, made over 100 years ago, dramatises key scenes in Lewis Carroll’s story. With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), this was the longest film produced in England at that time, with some fantastic special effects for such an early film. Now digitally restored by the BFI National Archive in 2010 with support from the Headley Trust, you will be able to enjoy the original colour tints. Perfect film for creating a new score; 2015 is also the 150th Anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.