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 magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

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

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....

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...

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

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?

Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.

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

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...

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

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops...

A trick film using the reverse effect.

An unhappy woodcutter is temped by the devil with riches and honors. They visit seven castles, as the man acquires the Seven Capital Sins these...

Mude movie from France

The film features, in a double role, Henri Plessis, a famous and established performer in the French entertainment world. The film's attraction for...

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...

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

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...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.