Conquest of the Pole
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Conquest of the Pole is a science fantasy film by Georges Méliès
based on the novel The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
. It was released in 1912 and deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists.
Its most elaborate scene is one featuring a man-eating frost giant that attempts to eat the crew.
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
based on the novel The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
. It was released in 1912 and deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists.
Its most elaborate scene is one featuring a man-eating frost giant that attempts to eat the crew.