The Last Cartridges
- 1897 (1897)
French intertitles
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 September 1, 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
External links
- The Last Cartridges at IMDb
- SilentEra entry for Lumiere version, stating this was one of the earliest hand-coloured films
- The Last Cartridges is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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