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The Last Cartridges

For the painting, see The Last Cartridges (painting).

The Last Cartridges
Screenshot from the film
Directed byGeorges Méliès
Produced byStar Film Company
Distributed byStar Film Company
Release date
  • 1897 (1897)
Running time
1min 11secs
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles
The Alphonse de Neuville painting that inspired the film

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 war film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the 1873 painting of the same name by Alphonse de Neuville.[1] The film recreates the defense of a house at Bazeilles on 1 September 1870 at the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War.

The film was a great success and inspired the Lumière, Pathé and Gaumont studios to film imitations.[2]

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

  1. ^ Malthête, Jacques (1997). Georges Méliès, l'illusionniste fin de siècle?. Paris: Presses de la Sorbonne nouvelle. p. 80.
  2. ^ "A brief History: Bombardement d'une maison". Europa Film Treasures. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.


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