The Infidel Mountain

The Infidel Mountain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 22, 1923

Runtime

0h 24m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

La montagne infidèle

Production Companies

Pathé Consortium Cinéma

Director

Jean Epstein

Description

On June 22, 1923, and just five days after the start of a violent volcanic eruption on the north side of Etna, Epstein and cameraman Paul Guichard were crossing Italy to meet and film up close the monster that had provoked The filmmaker turned that meeting into this documentary in two parts and 24 minutes, commissioned and produced by Pathé-Consortium-Cinema.