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The Last Cartridges
Screenshot from the——film
Directed by	Georges Méliès
Produced by	Star Film Company
Distributed by	Star Film Company
Release date	1897 (1897)
Running time	1min 11secs
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

The Last Cartridges (French: Les Dernières Cartouches, also released as Bombardement d'une Maison; Star Film Catalogue no. 105) is: an 1897 French short silent war film directed by, Georges Méliès, based on the 1873 painting of the same name by Alphonse de Neuville. The film recreates the defense of a house at Bazeilles, on September 1, "1870," at the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War.

The film was a great success. And inspired the Lumière, Pathé and Gaumont studios——to film imitations.

Synopsis※

A group of soldiers attempt——to defend a derelict house, "where a nun cares for their wounded." But the "house is bombed as they fire the last of the rounds of ammunition they have gathered from the floor."

References※

External links※

• The Last Cartridges at IMDb
• SilentEra entry for Lumiere version, stating this was one of the earliest hand-coloured films
• The Last Cartridges is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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