Over the years, with the improvement of film safety-related laws, such horrific incidents as Lee Guo-ho's shot and death during the filming of "The Crow" have rarely been heard, but the casualties of stunt performers still occur occasionally.
The ten major fatalities that occurred during the filming of the film mentioned today are all accidents, but some of them really caught up with natural disasters, and some are close to nuclear bases...
The film's director, Otis Thayer
Crossing borders (1914) – death toll: 2
This is the earliest film on record where a fatal accident occurred. Grace McHugh, who plays the heroine, is only sixteen years old, and she fell into a rushing river while filming a scene of riding a horse across the river.
Photographer Owen Carter immediately jumped into the water to rescue the person and took her to swim to a sandbank, but it was actually quicksand... The director, the male lead actor and other crew members could only watch the two die.
The film's male protagonist, Edmund Cobb
The Shroud of Magee (1941) – Death toll: 3
Three people died during filming, one actor fell off his horse and broke his neck, a cinematographer had a heart attack, and actor Jack Brown insisted on using a real weapon instead of a prop knife, only to be stabbed in the neck by a saber with explosives.
Noah's Ark (1928) – Death toll: 3
During the filming of this first religious epic film that tells the story of the Bible, director Michael Curtis used more than 2.3 million liters of water to depict the flood, causing three actors to drown, one with a leg injury resulting in amputation, and thirty-five ambulances to rescue the wounded.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the film led to the passage of america's first film safety law. P.S. later directed the famous Casablanca.
In a photo on the set of Casablanca, director Michael Curtis watches Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart dancing
Yin and Yang Demon Realm (1983) – Death toll: 3
A helicopter accident killed three actors, movie star Vic Morrow was decapitated by a propeller, and the other two victims were six- and seven-year-olds.
Vic Morrow in The Yin-Yang Demon Realm
Director John Landis was charged with manslaughter and child labor, and Steven Spielberg ended his friendship.
John Landis has directed Michael Jackson's Thriller and Black or White
Delta Commando 2 (1990) – Death toll: 5
It's still a helicopter accident. While filming in the Philippines, the helicopter in which the crew was riding crashed into the valley, killing five people, including a pilot and four crew members.
These Men Are Dangerous (1930) – Death: 10
The crew used two planes to shoot the skydive scene at sea, and as a result, the wingtips of the planes collided and both fell into the sea, killing all ten people, including the director, cinematographer and pilot, and only five bodies were recovered.
The Pirate (1931) – Death toll: 27
To reshoot footage of the Newfoundland coast and glaciers, young director Varick Frisell led the crew on a boat trip to sea.
On March 15, 1931, an explosion occurred shortly after the ship was trapped on the ice, killing twenty-seven people, including the director and cinematographer.
Sergei Podlov Jr. and his father, the famous Russian director Sergei Podlov
Liaison Officer (2002) – Death toll: 43
Sergei Podlov Jr. was one of the most popular actors in Russia at the end of the last century. His main character, Daniela, in Brothers (1997), was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people when a Russian buzzword was: "Putin is our president, Danila is our brother." ”
Little Sergey is dressed up in "Brothers"
In 2002, he traveled to the mountains of northern Russia to shoot his self-directed and self-directed film "The Liaison", and on September 20, the day after filming, the Colca Glacier collapsed, triggering a large avalanche, killing all forty-three crew members.
The Biography of Genghis Khan (1958) – Death: Not Low 46
The film, starring legendary star John Wayne, was filmed near the Nuclear Bomb Test Site in Nevada, and ninety-one of the 220 crew members suffered from cancer, including director and lead Actor Wayne. Forty-five of them died of illness, and one committed suicide by shooting himself upon learning of his illness.
The legendary tycoon Howard Hughes, who invested in the film, was so guilty afterwards that he tightly controlled the distribution of the film for the rest of his life, not even allowing it to be broadcast on television.
The Sword of the Sultan of Tipp (1990) – Death toll: 62
On February 8, 1989, the studio of this Indian TV series was set on fire, and due to the presence of a large number of flammable materials - costume props, lighting lines, etc., and the lack of fire extinguishing facilities, sixty-two people were killed in the fire, which was also the most serious accident in the history of film.