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1926 film

The Imaginary Voyage

Directed by	René Clair
Written by	René Clair
Produced by	Rolf de Maré
Starring	Dolly Davis Jean Börlin Albert Préjean
Cinematography	Jimmy Berliet Amédée Morrin
Production company	Georges Loureau
Distributed by	Les Grands Spectacles Cinématographiques
Release date	30 April 1926 (1926-04-30)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

The Imaginary Voyage (French: Le voyage imaginaire) is a 1926 French silent comedy film directed by René Clair and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Börlin and Albert Préjean.

Plot

In a vivid daydream, a reserved bank clerk is guided by a fairy into an underground realm where ordinary people morph into animals and wax figures spring to life. Lucie, the woman he admires from work, joins him, but they encounter obstacles as a malevolent fairy endeavors to keep them separated.

Cast

Dolly Davis as Lucie – a typist
Jean Börlin as Jean
Albert Préjean as Albert
Jim Gérald as Auguste
Paul Ollivier as the bank manager
Maurice Schutz as La sorcière
Yvonne Legeay as La mauvaise fée
Marguerite Madys as Urgel - la bonne fée
Marise Maia
Bronja Perlmutter
Jane Pierson
Louis Pré Fils

References

Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355

Bibliography

Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

The Imaginary Voyage at IMDb

v t e Films directed by René Clair
Feature films	The Crazy Ray (1924) The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge (1925) The Imaginary Voyage (1926) The Prey of the Wind (1927) The Italian Straw Hat (1928) Two Timid Souls (1928) Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) Le Million (1931) À Nous la Liberté (1931) Bastille Day (1933) The Last Billionaire (1934) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Break the News (1938) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) I Married a Witch (1942) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) And Then There Were None (1945) Man About Town (1947) Beauty and the Devil (1950) Beauties of the Night (1952) The Grand Maneuver (1955) Gates of Paris (1957) All the Gold in the World (1961) The Lace Wars (1965)
Short films & Anthologies	Entr'acte (1924) Forever and a Day (1943, segment "1897") Three Fables of Love (1962, segment "Les Deux Pigeons")

Films directed by René Clair

Feature films

The Crazy Ray (1924)
The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge (1925)
The Imaginary Voyage (1926)
The Prey of the Wind (1927)
The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
Two Timid Souls (1928)
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Le Million (1931)
À Nous la Liberté (1931)
Bastille Day (1933)
The Last Billionaire (1934)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Break the News (1938)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
I Married a Witch (1942)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
And Then There Were None (1945)
Man About Town (1947)
Beauty and the Devil (1950)
Beauties of the Night (1952)
The Grand Maneuver (1955)
Gates of Paris (1957)
All the Gold in the World (1961)
The Lace Wars (1965)

Short films &
Anthologies

Entr'acte (1924)
Forever and a Day (1943, segment "1897")
Three Fables of Love (1962, segment "Les Deux Pigeons")

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