The Conquest of the Pole (À la conquête du Pole) is a 1912 film by Georges Méliès:    • Georges Méliès  

Some explorers argue about the best way to travel to the far North and Professor Maboul presents a plane of his own invention that is approved for shipment. A group of suffragettes claim a place in the expedition, but these are driven out unanimously among the screams of men. The women want to organize to go at all costs so spy on what happens: Maboul presents all the leaders of the expedition and invites them to go to his studio, where he shows them the model of his airplane that really takes flight. In the meantime, work is being carried out on the completion of the plane in a workshop, Maboul arrives with the explorers and announces that they will leave the following day, at 3:00 pm. The suffragettes, however, do not abandon the idea of the expedition, and the next day they show up with a "aeroscafo", that is, a big sleigh pulled by balloons, but a guard chases away the women, has the balloon taken away, and in its place puts Maboul’s plane. The explorers get on board and leave despite some other problems.
Landed at the North Pole, the plane gets stuck in the ice, the men disembark and begin to explore the area; a giant monster, however, attacks them and begins to devour them: Maboul with a cannon manages to free some of his companions and defeat the monster. The expedition continues and the men reach the furthest point of the Pole, but their happiness is so great that they end up in the icy water to celebrate. An airship passes over their heads and launches a recovery operation. Returning home, Professor Maboul and his companions are welcomed as heroes. This film is Méliès' penultimate film, because he was "incapable of renewing his style, his cinema underwent an inexorable decline”.
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