Ferdinand Zecca Movies

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Pathe begat the Son of Man. The actual title (minus an accent) is La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ. It is an April 1914 remake of...

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

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes. There is no credited director for this film. Modern...

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...

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...

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?

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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