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Into the Inferno

What really impressed mewas seeing these scientists toiling up the side of the...

[choral music playing] [Werner] What really impressed me
was seeing these scientists toiling up the side of the volcano
with such heavy loads. The temperature
on this particular morning was minus-25 degrees Fahrenheit. My face is frozen.
[chuckles] [cranking] [Werner]
One of them stood out. Despite having that fantastic
lava lake down there, with all that energy, we still have to bring old
petrol generators up to the crater rim

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[Werner] What really impressed me was seeing these scientists
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toiling up the side of the volcano with such heavy loads.
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The temperature on this particular morning
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was minus-25 degrees Fahrenheit.
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My face is frozen. [chuckles]
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[cranking]
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[Werner] One of them stood out.
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Despite having that fantastic lava lake down there,
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with all that energy,
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we still have to bring old petrol generators up to the crater rim.
Duration
38 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:06
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Matter of Fact Media,Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,Spring Films

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Movie Summary

An exploration of active volcanoes around the world.
Professor Clive Oppenheimer on Erebus. - Into the Inferno 00:05
Professor Clive Oppenheimer on Erebus.
[chuckles] - Into the Inferno 00:07
[chuckles]
[laughing] - Into the Inferno 00:09
[laughing]
[sighs] - Into the Inferno 00:05
[sighs]
[Werner] It was easy to start a friendship with him. - Into the Inferno 00:14
[Werner] It was easy to start a friendship with him.
Do you see them only in destructive terms, volcanoes? - Into the Inferno 00:06
Do you see them only in destructive terms, volcanoes?
No, I... I do not. Uh... - Into the Inferno 00:05
No, I... I do not. Uh...
And the soil we are walking upon, uh, is not permanent. - Into the Inferno 00:08
And the soil we are walking upon, uh, is not permanent.
There's no permanence to what we are doing... - Into the Inferno 00:37
There's no permanence to what we are doing...
I know you filmed on La Soufrière de Guadeloupe many years ago, - Into the Inferno 00:13
I know you filmed on La Soufrière de Guadeloupe many years a...
Yeah, La Soufrière was very volatile. - Into the Inferno 00:05
Yeah, La Soufrière was very volatile.
[classical music playing] - Into the Inferno 00:53
[classical music playing]
So, everybody was afraid it would explode, - Into the Inferno 00:13
So, everybody was afraid it would explode,
I was interested in one single man who refused to be evacuated. - Into the Inferno 00:06
I was interested in one single man who refused to be evacuat...
75 people-- 75,000 people being evacuated, - Into the Inferno 00:08
75 people-- 75,000 people being evacuated,
I find him sleeping. I had to wake him up on camera. - Into the Inferno 00:34
I find him sleeping. I had to wake him up on camera.
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[singing continues]
And we, in our field team, - Into the Inferno 00:31
And we, in our field team,
For me, there is no personal excitement to go down. - Into the Inferno 00:07
For me, there is no personal excitement to go down.
There's a curiosity. Yes, I would love to see it from close up. - Into the Inferno 00:06
There's a curiosity. Yes, I would love to see it from c...