Conquest of the Pole
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Conquest of the Pole (French: [Conquête du pôle] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a 1912 silent movie. It was directed and produced by Georges Méliès. It was based on the book The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne. The movie is about a race to the north pole by different groups of balloonists. A complicated scene in the movie has a frost giant who tries to eat the crew.
Conquest Of The Pole Media
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The Giant of the Snows attacks the explorers
Hand-colored photograph of Peary's team at the North Pole
- À la conquête du pôle (1912) par Georges Méliès.webm
A heavily abridged print of the film
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A poster for the film, emphasizing the connection to Jules Verne's works
