The Pillar of Fire

1899 · Directed by Georges Méliès · 1 min · fantasy film, silent film

★ 5.8/10 · 61 ratings on TMDB

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.