

The Pillar of Fire
1899-01-01 · 1 min · ★ 5.8
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.
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- Georges Méliès
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- Star Film
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- France
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Jehanne d'AlcyAyesha
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