Visit sous-marine du "Maine"
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Visit sous-marine du "Maine" |
| Country of production | France |
| Publishing year | 1898 |
| length | 1 minute |
| Rod | |
| Director | Georges Méliès |
| production | Star movie |
| occupation | |
| |
.jpg)
Visite sous-marine du “Maine” ( German : Unterwasserbesuch der “Maine” ) is a French short film by Georges Méliès from 1898 in which divers examine the wreck of the US armored cruiser USS Maine in the port of Havana . As far as is known, the film was not shown in Germany .
action
In a single setting turned film shows the underwater part of the wreck of the "Maine" on the stoop of rope ladders three divers. A diver enters the wreck through a large leak and conceals the body of a uniformed sailor . The corpse is tied with ropes and pulled upwards. Another diver retrieves a heavy object from the wreck.
Production background
The film was part of a weekly series of four films that Méliès made about the Spanish-American War , a. a. Les quais de la Havane et explosion du cuirasse “Le Maine” , in which the Maine explosion was re- enacted. The film has production number 147 by the Star Film Company .
The underwater effect of the film was created by an aquarium filled with fish , which was set up between the camera and the backdrop with the actors. The corpse of the American sailor is undoubtedly a doll that served as a prop . According to later statements by the director, the film was a great success with the public.
literature
- Herbert Birett : plays of light. The cinema in Germany until 1914 , Munich (Q-Verlag) 1994, p. 38.