On the occasion of the arrival on Disney+ of the documentary film Fire of love by Sara Dosa, on the love story between Maurice and Katia Krafft, we are taking a closer look at their tragic deaths while they were in full shoot.
Maurice and Katia Krafft had a life at 100 per hour. These two lovers of nature and the world have always made it a point of honor to travel and discover. It is moreover during one of their expeditions they lost their lives. The two French volcanologists died while filming impressive images of the Unzen volcano in Japan. It was June 3, 1991, when the eruption of Mount Unzen killed around 40 people after lying dormant for two centuries. The couple were among the victims. They were suddenly swept away in a fiery cloud. It was while doing what they loved the most: observing volcanoes, that they lost their lives. For two decades, they have never ceased to put their courage and their thirst for discovery at the service of the world.
More than thirty years after their death, director Sara Dosa has decided to highlight their lives in a documentary film entitled fire of love which will arrive on the Disney + platform from November 11, 2022. Thus, viewers will be able to discover that the lovers were both from Alsace and that they had met in 1966 at university.
Maurice and Katia Krafft’s passion: observing active volcanoes
Together, they founded the Center de Volcanologie Vulcain de Cernay, and published numerous books. Their passion: studying and filming active volcanoes all over the planet. Eruption of Eldfell (1973), Mount Saint Helens (1980), Nevado del Ruiz (1985), during their many journeys, they observed no less than one hundred and seventy phenomena on all the continents of the world, taking all risks to advance research.