Ferdinand Zecca

Ferdinand Zecca

Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company.

  • Title: Ferdinand Zecca
  • Popularity: 1.561
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1864-02-19
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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Ferdinand Zecca Movies

  • 1979
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    Cinematógrafo 1900

    Cinematógrafo 1900

    4.5 1979 HD

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  • 2014
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    El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

    El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

    6 2014 HD

    The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

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  • 1948
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    Paris Nineteen Hundred

    Paris Nineteen Hundred

    5.3 1948 HD

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

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  • 1901
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    Conquering the Skies

    Conquering the Skies

    4.7 1901 HD

    A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

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  • 1905
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    Marvellous Reversing

    Marvellous Reversing

    6.8 1905 HD

    A trick film using the reverse effect.

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  • 1905
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    Dream of the Moon

    Dream of the Moon

    6.2 1905 HD

    A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

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  • 1901
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    History of a Crime

    History of a Crime

    5.8 1901 HD

    A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

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  • 1970
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    Glamor Hornsby

    Glamor Hornsby

    1 1970 HD

    A retired Nintendo champion comes to terms with his broken Nintendo Entertainment System in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005.

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  • 1902
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    The Marvelous Hen

    The Marvelous Hen

    4 1902 HD

    A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

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  • 1903
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    How Monsieur Takes His Bath

    How Monsieur Takes His Bath

    4.643 1903 HD

    A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

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  • 1913
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    Rigadin in the Balkans

    Rigadin in the Balkans

    1 1913 HD

    Charles Prince, his gift of a posy spurned in favor of a rival's expensive ring, goes to enlist in the Balkan Wars. Sort of. That is, he goes to...

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  • 1903
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    An Idyll Under a Tunnel

    An Idyll Under a Tunnel

    4 1903 HD

    To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

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  • 1915
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    Those of Our Land

    Those of Our Land

    6 1915 HD

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

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  • 1907
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    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    5.4 1907 HD

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

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  • 1914
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    La danse héroïque

    La danse héroïque

    1 1914 HD

    Mude movie from France

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  • 1910
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    La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine

    La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine

    1 1910 HD

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  • 1905
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    Dranem's Dream

    Dranem's Dream

    1 1905 HD

    Short film by Pathé frères released in 1905

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  • 1901
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    Conquering the Skies

    Conquering the Skies

    4.7 1901 HD

    A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

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  • 1901
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    What Is Seen Through a Keyhole

    What Is Seen Through a Keyhole

    5.4 1901 HD

    Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with...

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  • 1907
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    The Red Spectre

    The Red Spectre

    5.967 1907 HD

    A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.

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  • 1901
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    Quo Vadis?

    Quo Vadis?

    1 1901 HD

    Silent film

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  • 1907
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    The Policemen's Little Run

    The Policemen's Little Run

    5.9 1907 HD

    A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the...

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  • 1901
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    A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)

    A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)

    1 1901 HD

    Three little chimney-sweepers fall down at the door of a farmhouse exhausted with fatigue and cold when the snow is falling. The most courageous of...

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  • 1903
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    The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

    The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

    6.317 1903 HD

    The story of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of His Nativity to His Ascension into heaven. Impressive staging and beautiful hand-coloring...

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  • 1902
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    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    6 1902 HD

    An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

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  • 1906
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    Poor Mother

    Poor Mother

    5 1906 HD

    A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.

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  • 1901
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    Drama at the Bottom of the Sea

    Drama at the Bottom of the Sea

    4.7 1901 HD

    Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some...

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  • 1901
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    The Seven Castles of the Devil

    The Seven Castles of the Devil

    5.722 1901 HD

    An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive...

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  • 1901
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    History of a Crime

    History of a Crime

    5.8 1901 HD

    A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

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  • 1902
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    Alcohol and Its Victims

    Alcohol and Its Victims

    4.818 1902 HD

    A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.

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  • 1907
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    Wonderful Mirrors

    Wonderful Mirrors

    4 1907 HD

    A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

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  • 1901
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    Dream and Reality

    Dream and Reality

    4.8 1901 HD

    A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his...

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  • 1910
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    Slippery Jim

    Slippery Jim

    6.8 1910 HD

    Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

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  • 1905
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    Dream of the Moon

    Dream of the Moon

    6.2 1905 HD

    A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

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  • 1907
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    The Pearl Fisherman

    The Pearl Fisherman

    5.667 1907 HD

    Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

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  • 1903
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    The Illusionist

    The Illusionist

    1 1903 HD

    On the theater stage, a magician makes appear and disappear his partners

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  • 1902
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    Ingenious Soubrette

    Ingenious Soubrette

    7 1902 HD

    The opening of this remarkable and mysterious film brings into view a scene in a parlor, with two servants discussing the easiest way to hang four...

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  • 1901
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    A Political Discussion

    A Political Discussion

    4.3 1901 HD

    A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

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  • 1903
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    La Vie d'un joueur

    La Vie d'un joueur

    1 1903 HD

    A 8-chapter ("tableaux") short film that tells the story of a gambler who ends his life on the guillotine.

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  • 1903
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    La Vie d'un joueur

    La Vie d'un joueur

    1 1903 HD

    A 8-chapter ("tableaux") short film that tells the story of a gambler who ends his life on the guillotine.

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  • 1903
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    Don Quichotte

    Don Quichotte

    5.1 1903 HD

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

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  • 1904
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    The Strike

    The Strike

    4.7 1904 HD

    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...

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  • 1905
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    Scenes of Convict Life

    Scenes of Convict Life

    4 1905 HD

    At an island penal institution, new prisoners are brought in one-by-one, and introduced to the harsh realities of prison life. They are put in...

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  • 1905
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    Down in the Coal Mines

    Down in the Coal Mines

    5.5 1905 HD

    A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

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  • 1905
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    A Father's Honor

    A Father's Honor

    4 1905 HD

    A young woman receives a message, and hurriedly leaves home. But the message was a trick to lure her into a trap, where she is assaulted and killed....

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  • 1913
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    When Paris Loves

    When Paris Loves

    5 1913 HD

    Jean Clédat, a young sculptor, has fallen in love with Gabrielle Normand, a painter. Jean's father, who expected him to perform his art in his...

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  • 1914
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    Struggle for Life

    Struggle for Life

    5.7 1914 HD

    An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.

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  • 1914
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    Struggle for Life

    Struggle for Life

    5.7 1914 HD

    An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.

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  • 1910
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    Cléopâtre

    Cléopâtre

    4 1910 HD

    Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

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  • 1912
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    Gold Fever

    Gold Fever

    4 1912 HD

    Maxime Vermont tries to get a financial help from his father-in-law, to no avail. Inspired by an idea from a pulp serial, Maxime sets out to kill his...

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  • 1905
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    The Car and the Cripple

    The Car and the Cripple

    1 1905 HD

    A group of men with a broken down auto get an assist from a man who can’t walk.

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  • 1905
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    Les apaches de Paris

    Les apaches de Paris

    1 1905 HD

    Rendez-vous of Apaches. Bonneteur and pickpocket. Theft at the scramble. Reticle shooter. Shoplifting. Pepper stripper. The coup of Father...

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  • 1906
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    Whence Does He Come?

    Whence Does He Come?

    4 1906 HD

    Backward facing camera stunt story of a man coming out of the water.

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  • 1901
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    In a Hurry to Catch a Train

    In a Hurry to Catch a Train

    1 1901 HD

    The wife gets up, runs to the clock and seeing the time, hurriedly awakens her husband. They will miss the train. In their hurry they cannot find...

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  • 1907
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    Métempsycose

    Métempsycose

    4.8 1907 HD

    Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

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  • 1906
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    Fun After the Wedding

    Fun After the Wedding

    4 1906 HD

    A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

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  • 1902
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    The Fairy of Spring

    The Fairy of Spring

    5.8 1902 HD

    It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

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  • 1901
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    The Fairy of the Black Rocks

    The Fairy of the Black Rocks

    4 1901 HD

    A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot...

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  • 1907
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    Jealousy and Madness

    Jealousy and Madness

    4 1907 HD

    Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad...

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  • 1905
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    The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels

    The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels

    1 1905 HD

    In Paris, freed by criminal hands, several barrels roll down an endless slope, dragging everything and everyone in their path.

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  • 1908
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    The Dreyfus Affair

    The Dreyfus Affair

    1 1908 HD

    In this interesting picture we are given a vivid idea of the principal incidents connected with the Dreyfus case, which caused such a stir in...

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  • 1905
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    Vendetta

    Vendetta

    3 1905 HD

    Two men get into a knife fight, in a Corsican tavern, and one of them kills another and escapes. He takes refuge in his house but escapes when the...

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  • 1906
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    Miniature Theatre

    Miniature Theatre

    5.1 1906 HD

    Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet...

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  • 1907
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    Max Learns to Skate

    Max Learns to Skate

    4.9 1907 HD

    Max causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.

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  • 1909
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    Le Voleur invisible

    Le Voleur invisible

    6.4 1909 HD

    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...

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  • 1903
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    Puss In Boots

    Puss In Boots

    5.7 1903 HD

    Early silent adaptation of the fairy-tale Puss In Boots.

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  • 1914
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    L'étoile du génie

    L'étoile du génie

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1908
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    Excursion to the Moon

    Excursion to the Moon

    5.4 1908 HD

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

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  • 1902
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    Jésus au jardin des oliviers

    Jésus au jardin des oliviers

    1 1902 HD

    An angel appears to Jesus, who comforts him while he is in the garden of olives and is praying for the strength to do the will of the Father.

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  • 1902
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    Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple

    Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple

    1 1902 HD

    Jesus enters the temple while the merchants are selling their wares. Jesus overturns the tables of the money lenders by showing them their error.

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  • 1902
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    Jésus devant Pilate

    Jésus devant Pilate

    1 1902 HD

    A thief named Barabbas and Jesus are brought before Pilate, Pilate says Christ innocent. People say "Crucify him and deliver us Barabbas!"

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  • 1903
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    Jésus est présenté au peuple

    Jésus est présenté au peuple

    1 1903 HD

    Jesus is brought before him again, Pontius Pilate washes his hands to show that he has no responsibility in the death of this man and hands him over...

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  • 1903
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    Jésus et la samaritaine

    Jésus et la samaritaine

    1 1903 HD

    To fill their jars with water, a group of women gathered around the well. At one point comes Samaria, a woman known for her bad temper. Jesus appears...

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  • 1903
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    Jésus parmi les docteurs

    Jésus parmi les docteurs

    1 1903 HD

    Jesus appears, the doctors and sages who were engaged in a discussion listen to him amazed by his words of wisdom.

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  • 1902
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    Jésus succombe sous sa croix

    Jésus succombe sous sa croix

    1 1902 HD

    Jesus is forced to carry the cross along the path, but his weakness causes him to sink under the weight of the cross. Simon of Cyrene helps him, the...

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  • 1905
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    Marvellous Reversing

    Marvellous Reversing

    6.8 1905 HD

    A trick film using the reverse effect.

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  • 1901
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    The Fantastic Plunger

    The Fantastic Plunger

    4.4 1901 HD

    A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake "Plongeur...

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  • 1902
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    The Martinique Disaster

    The Martinique Disaster

    4.5 1902 HD

    Reproduction of the terrible catastrophe which annihilated the town of St. Peter on May 8, 1902.

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  • 1902
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    Samson et Dalila

    Samson et Dalila

    1 1902 HD

    This picture describes the well-known biblical story of Samson and Delila. The picture commences with Samson's visit to Gaza, a city of the...

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  • 1902
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    The Marvelous Hen

    The Marvelous Hen

    4 1902 HD

    A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

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  • 1901
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    Scenes From My Balcony

    Scenes From My Balcony

    4.2 1901 HD

    Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

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  • 1908
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    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    5 1908 HD

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  • 1901
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    History of a Crime

    History of a Crime

    5.8 1901 HD

    A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

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  • 1901
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    A Horrible Nightmare

    A Horrible Nightmare

    4 1901 HD

    An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.

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  • 1904
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    Le mitron

    Le mitron

    2.8 1904 HD

    The Clever Baker, shows a not so clever baker baking.

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  • 1910
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    Le caprice du vainqueur

    Le caprice du vainqueur

    1 1910 HD

    Short film set in ancient Egypt.

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  • 1906
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    The Eternal Triangle

    The Eternal Triangle

    1 1906 HD

    “A melodrama of infidelity and violence set in Venice. An old beggar discovers a noble woman's clandestine affair and exposes the couple to the...

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  • 1901
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    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    1 1901 HD

    An adaptation of the biblical story.

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  • 1908
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    A Diabolical Itching

    A Diabolical Itching

    1 1908 HD

    A boy armed with itching powder makes a nuisance of himself, spraying everyone in sight.

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  • 1915
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    The Old Tragedian

    The Old Tragedian

    1 1915 HD

    Talby is a celebrated tragedian. Among his most fervent admirers is Gaby Sombreuse. One day, Gaby meets her idol in the flesh and is... very...

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  • 1905
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    Ten Wives For One Husband

    Ten Wives For One Husband

    4 1905 HD

    A man is chased by ten women!

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  • 1919
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    The Martyrdom of a Queen

    The Martyrdom of a Queen

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1919
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    Tears of Forgiveness

    Tears of Forgiveness

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1907
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    Life and Passion of Christ

    Life and Passion of Christ

    6.5 1907 HD

    Depicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of...

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  • 1905
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    The Incendiary

    The Incendiary

    1 1905 HD

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

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  • 1905
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    Revolution in Russia

    Revolution in Russia

    4 1905 HD

    The French short film recreates key moments from the Russian revolution of 1905 in Odessa.

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  • 1914
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    L'étoile du génie

    L'étoile du génie

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1902
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    Alcohol and Its Victims

    Alcohol and Its Victims

    4.818 1902 HD

    A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.

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  • 1904
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    The Wrong Door

    The Wrong Door

    5.5 1904 HD

    A man with some sense of intestinal urgency needs to find the right door at a railroad station. He chooses... the wrong door.

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  • 1905
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    The Regret

    The Regret

    4.7 1905 HD

    A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his...

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  • 1899
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    Les méfaits d'une tête de veau

    Les méfaits d'une tête de veau

    1 1899 HD

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  • 1901
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    Impossible To Get a Plunge

    Impossible To Get a Plunge

    1 1901 HD

    A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again...

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  • 1902
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    The Dog and the Pipe

    The Dog and the Pipe

    5 1902 HD

    Old gentleman stretches himself on the long seat of a French railway car, after placing numerous bundles in the rack above him, and also in the rack...

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  • 1903
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    An Idyll Under a Tunnel

    An Idyll Under a Tunnel

    4 1903 HD

    To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

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  • 1913
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    Boireau swordsman

    Boireau swordsman

    1 1913 HD

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