Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903)

1903 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Georges Méliès

• Comedy
• Fantasy

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Synopsis

With godly entrapments, Zeus appears on the horizon, engages Hermes as an audience, and tries to throw some thunderbolts. They fizzle. Hephaestus tries to make some repairs but succeeds only in heating the bolts and burning Zeus's hands. Zeus conjures nine muses, but do their incantations help? He dismisses them as well as a visiting Pan, and his fits of pique become counter-productive. Can he get his powers back?

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Details

Director

Georges Méliès

Studio

Star Film

Released

1903-08-20

Original title

Le Tonnerre de Jupiter

Running time

3 minutes

Cast & crew

• Georges Méliès Director
• Georges Méliès

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