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Le Chaudron Infernal

by: Georges Méliès

Publication date: 1903

Topics: GenX, Georges Méliès, Hand Painted, Hell,

Publisher: Star-Film

Language: None

The Infernal Boiling Pot (Le Chaudron Infernal) is a 1903 silent French fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès. The film shows a green-skinned demon who places a woman and then two courtiers into a burning cauldron. He performs an incantation and three spirits suddenly appear from the flames, before dancing above his head. Frolicking in hellish joy, the demon watches as the three spirits burn up and fall to earth.

Director: Georges Méliès
Writer: Georges Méliès
Stars: Georges Méliès

Release Date
Country: France
USA 17 October 1903
Portugal 28 November 2009 (Cinemateca Portuguesa)

Also Known As (AKA)
Le chaudron infernal France (original title)
A pokoli üst Hungary
A pokolkatlan Hungary
The Infernal Boiling Pot
The Infernal Caldron International (English title)

Credits

A clip of the film was shown in "Le voyage extraordinaire" (The Extraordinary Voyage) 2011 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2134092/

Segments

Film length (metres)
35.66 m

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm

Cinematographic process
Spherical

Printed film format
35 mm

Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1

Sound Mix
Silent