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The Pillar of Fire

The Pillar of Fire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1899

Runtime

0h 1m

Genres

Fantasy

User Score

58%

Original Title

La danse du feu

Production Companies

Star Film

Director

Georges Méliès

Description

A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an angelic woman emerges from the pot. The devil and the pot vanish as the woman performs a dance, waving about her diaphanous sleeves until she conjures forth another fire, then she rises amongst the smoke into the air.