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Éruption volcanique à la Martinique

Éruption volcanique à la Martinique

1902Short⏱️ 1m
ShortHistory
5.3
IMDB Rating
682 votes

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon thousands of tons of molten l...

Director
Georges Méliès
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Language
None
Country
France
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🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Star-Film

🎯 Categories

HistoryShort

⭐ Featured Review

A Great Start is Letdown by Weak Ending
by Michael_Elliott2011-08-25

"Éruption volcanique à la Martinique (1902) *** (out of 4) aka Eruption of Mount Pele The title pretty much tells you everything you need to know as we see a large village by a body of water that is about to come under fire as a volcano above it is about to erupt. Okay, I loved the first fifty-or-so seconds of this film but the final couple were a real letdown. We can start off with the positive and one such thing is the incredibly beautiful set that really caught me off guard. Melies was always one to make sure his lets looked incredible and this here might be one of his very best. At th..."

💡 Did You Know?

A re-creation of the actual Mt Pelee eruption, using a model set.

📖 Synopsis

This picture depicts the eruption of the volcano by which over 30,000 souls were hurled into eternity. The numerous explosions which took place during the eruption are plain to be seen. Thousands upon thousands of tons of molten l...