# Le Chaudron Infernal

The Infernal Boiling Pot (Le Chaudron Infernal) is a 1903 silent French fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès. The film shows a green-skinned demon who places a woman and then two courtiers into a burning cauldron. He performs an incantation and three spirits suddenly appear from the flames, before dancing above his head. Frolicking in hellish joy, the demon watches as the three spirits burn up and fall to earth. Director: Georges Méliès Writer: Georges Méliès Stars: Georges Méliès Release Date Country: France USA 17 October 1903 Portugal 28 November 2009 (Cinemateca Portuguesa) Also Known As (AKA) Le chaudron infernal France (original title) A pokoli üst Hungary A pokolkatlan Hungary The Infernal Boiling Pot The Infernal Caldron International (English title)

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1903
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Georges Méliès
- Genres: Silent, Fantasy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/LeChaudronInfernal)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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