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Into the Inferno

It was all the way back in 1976 when I first filmed a volcano. This was on the Caribbean...

[classical music playing] [Werner]
It was all the way back in 1976 when I first filmed a volcano. This was on the Caribbean island
of Guadeloupe. The mountain was expected to explode
at any moment, and 70,000 people
were rapidly evacuated. [donkey braying] The fear was intense because of the memory of an event
that took on apocalyptic proportions. It was known that, in 1902, on the neighboring island of Martinique,
Mount Pelée exploded. The signals that La Soufrière issued
in Guadeloupe were almost identical
to what had happened

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[Werner] It was all the way back in 1976
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when I first filmed a volcano.
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This was on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
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The mountain was expected to explode at any moment,
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and 70,000 people were rapidly evacuated.
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[donkey braying]
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The fear was intense
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because of the memory of an event that took on apocalyptic proportions.
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It was known that, in 1902,
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on the neighboring island of Martinique, Mount Pelée exploded.
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The signals that La Soufrière issued in Guadeloupe
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were almost identical to what had happened.
Duration
53 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:46
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.
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.
[singing continues] - Into the Inferno 00:22
[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...
But since it is too dangerous, it would be silly. - Into the Inferno 00:05
But since it is too dangerous, it would be silly.
Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist, - Into the Inferno 00:16
Um, you know, we both-- As a volcanologist,
But you're always trying to evaluate - Into the Inferno 00:07
But you're always trying to evaluate
I mean, even here, the volcano could explode now - Into the Inferno 00:08
I mean, even here, the volcano could explode now
[Werner] I'm the only one in filmmaking who is clinically sane, - Into the Inferno 00:08
[Werner] I'm the only one in filmmaking who is clinical...
I mean, you wouldn't still be here if you were insane. - Into the Inferno 00:05
I mean, you wouldn't still be here if you were insane.
You would've been consumed long ago by a pyroclastic current - Into the Inferno 00:10
You would've been consumed long ago by a pyroclastic cu...
I never doubted that for a moment from our first encounter. - Into the Inferno 00:06
I never doubted that for a moment from our first encounter.
Deposited out from the volcanic gas. - Into the Inferno 00:06
Deposited out from the volcanic gas.
[whooshing, rumbling] - Into the Inferno 00:06
[whooshing, rumbling]
But let it come at us. We'll face it and step aside. - Into the Inferno 00:07
But let it come at us. We'll face it and step aside.
[Werner] We would often discuss the life and work of a French couple, - Into the Inferno 00:27
[Werner] We would often discuss the life and work of a Frenc...