Tunneling the English Channel (Tunnel sous la manche ou Le cauchemar franco-anglais) is a 1907 silent film by pioneer filmmaker Georges Méliès. The plot follows King Edward VII and President Armand Fallières dreaming of building a tunnel under the English Channel.
American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum named it as one of his 100 favorite films.
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