# Sur les Toits

On the Roof (French: Sur les Toits; Star Film Catalogue no. 100) is a 1897 French short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Georges Méliès, featuring the director as a bumbling policeman attempting to apprehend two criminals on the roof of an apartment building. "Every second of this," "highly successfully staged" "minute of film," according to Europa Film Treasues, "is used to construct the character's action and movements" and "made use of the theatre's three-dimensional decor," which "the competition quickly copied." Country: France Also Known As: On the Roofs Production Co: Star-Film Star Film Catalogue no. 100

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1897
- By: Georges Méliès
- Genres: Comedy, Silent, Fantasy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SurLesToits)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/SurLesToits?play=1)