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Movie poster: Jupiter's Thunderballs (1903)
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Jupiter's Thunderballs

1903 · 3 min Comedy Fantasy
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

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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📋 Film Details

Original Title Le Tonnerre de Jupiter
Year 1903
Country France
Genre Comedy, Fantasy
Director Georges Méliès
Runtime 3 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (13 votes)

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The film constructs its comedy from the contrast between divine majesty and very human frustration, relying on expressive pantomime and clever early-cinema trick effects.

What lingers after viewing is the charming absurdity of an all-powerful god thrown into a fit of petty, counterproductive rage. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Georges Méliès

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