Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
About Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
Two divers fight with axes on the sea floor over treasure from a wreck. One of them is killed. A blue tint is the underwater light.
Cast & crew
More about Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
Ferdinand Zecca directed it for Pathé Frères as catalogue number 372. A Spanish Pathé listing describes two divers fighting over wrecked treasure until one succumbs. GRIMH gives the catalogue length as 20 meters.
Themes
Look
The picture was issued with a blue tint. The print screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2021 is a black-and-white 35mm copy.
Preservation
A 16-meter 35mm print was shown at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2021.
Notes
- The French title is Un drame au fond de la mer.
- Il Cinema Ritrovato showed a 35mm print in 2021: 16 meters, 16 frames per second, black and white, timed at one minute.
- The film was sold as a blue-tinted underwater scene. The 2021 print is black and white.
Scenes
- The two divers swing axes at each other over the treasure until one falls.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Un Drame au fond de la mer (1901).webm)
