1917, India, 35mm on DVD, b/w, silent, 9 min.
A mythological retelling of the familiar Ramayana story in which Rama's wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, and then rescued by Rama and his army of men, monkeys and bears. The climax sees the brave monkey god Hanuman set the island of Lanka afire with his burning tail.