The Pillar of Fire (1899)
1m
Running Time
January 1, 1899Release Date
Plot.
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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Currently The Pillar of Fire is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Wiki.
The Pillar of Fire (French: Danse du feu), initially released in America and Britain as Haggard's "She"—The Pillar of Fire and also known as La Colonne de feu, is an 1899 short silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès based on H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel She: A History of Adventure.