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The Pillar of Fire

The Pillar of Fire

1899•1m•5.9/10
Fantasy

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5.9/10(58)

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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Production

Star Film

Language

FR

Status

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Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy

Ayesha

Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès

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