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Running time 1min 11secs Language Silent | 2.9/5 Mubi Release date 1897 (1897) Country France Initial release 1897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The last cartridges 1897 les derni res cartouches
The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches, also released as Bombardement d'une Maison; Star Film Catalogue no. 105) is an 1897 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1873 painting of the same name by Alphonse de Neuville. The film recreates the defense of a house at Bazeilles, on September 1, 1870 at the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War.
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- The last cartridges 1897 les derni res cartouches
- Georges m li s les dernires cartouches 1897 the last cartridges
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The film was a great success and inspired the Lumière, Pathé and Gaumont studios to film imitations.
Georges m li s les dernires cartouches 1897 the last cartridges
Synopsis
A group of soldiers attempt to defend a derelict house, where a nun cares for their wounded, but the house is bombed as they fire the last of the rounds of ammunition they have gathered from the floor.
References
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