On the Roof

• Two thieves
• A lady
• A gendarme: Georges Méliès

Sur les toits is a French short film by Georges Méliès in 1897.

Action

Over the roofs of two sneak thieves who want to break into a lady. Once they step out on the balcony with her, they throw these over the wall and get into the apartment. A gendarme is sneaking behind them and tried to stop them. However, he remains in an opened window stuck.

Background information

The film was released in America under the title On the Roof. As a backdrop is a painted evening sky with some roofs of Paris. In the foreground, the background is a small part houses with pitched roof and balcony, all of which were used for the film.