The Last Cartridges

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The Last Cartridges
File:TheLastCartridges.jpg
Screenshot from the film
Directed by Georges Méliès
Distributed by Star Film Company
Release dates
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  • 1897 (1897)
Running time
 1min 11secs
Country France
Language Silent

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.[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]

The Alphonse de Neuville painting that inspired the film

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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