Ferdinand Zecca Movies

It is the depths of winter, and the snow is falling. The desolate landscape casts a melancholic note over the scene. A poor peasant woman awaits her...

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....

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 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...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

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

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

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

An adaptation of the biblical story.

Mude movie from France

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...

A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

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

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