Ferdinand Zecca Movies

Ferdinand Zecca's remake of his own film "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901) with the same premise, showing a diver with reverse...

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

A tramp who unwittingly starts a fire is chased by a mob of peasants.

Tribute to Segundo de Chomón. Semi-documentary featuring short films and appearances by actors who explain his works, such as Inma de Santis,...

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured...

A servant kills his miser master and buries his corpse. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim....or is it his own conscience?

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the...

A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

An early Pathé version of Don Quixote told in 15 chapters.

Mude movie from France

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to...

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.