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The Infernal Cauldron is a french film of genre Fantastic directed by Georges Méliès released in USA on 17 october 1903 with Georges Méliès

The Infernal Cauldron (1903)

The Infernal Cauldron
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Released in USA 17 october 1903
Length 1minutes
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Fantastic,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating65% 3.2930253.2930253.2930253.2930253.293025

Le Chaudron infernal, released in Britain as The Infernal Cauldron and in the United States as The Infernal Caldron and the Phantasmal Vapors, is a 1903 French silent film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 499–500 in its catalogues.

Synopsis

In a Renaissance chamber decorated with devilish faces and a warped coat of arms, a gleeful Satan throws three human victims into a cauldron, which spews out flames. The victims rise from the cauldron as nebulous ghosts, and then turn into fireballs. The fireballs multiply and pursue Satan around the chamber. Finally Satan himself leaps into the infernal cauldron, which gives off a final burst of flame.

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Georges Méliès

(Devil)
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