Marcel L'Herbier Movies

  • 1930
    La Femme d'une nuit

    La Femme d'une nuit

    La Femme d'une nuit

    01930HD

    A lieutenant of the French navy, ready to kill himself in despair, renounces his project after spending a night with a beautiful stranger, the...

    La Femme d'une nuit
  • 1921
    Prometheus, Banker

    Prometheus, Banker

    Prometheus, Banker

    5.71921HD

    A vamp seduces a banker and breaks with him when she's obtained all that she wanted.

    Prometheus, Banker
  • 1926
    Le Vertige

    Le Vertige

    Le Vertige

    6.31926HD

    The film opens with the overthrow of the Czar during the 1917 Russian revolution. The family of General Count Svirsky (Roger Karl) cower in their...

    Le Vertige
  • 1942
    Fantastic Night

    Fantastic Night

    Fantastic Night

    5.91942HD

    Denis, a poor student in philosophy, works as a night porter in the Paris market of Les Halles in order to pay for his studies. Constantly weary, he...

    Fantastic Night
  • 1920
    The Man of the Sea

    The Man of the Sea

    The Man of the Sea

    5.91920HD

    Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when...

    The Man of the Sea
  • 1930
    Zuiderzee works

    Zuiderzee works

    Zuiderzee works

    61930HD

    A commissioned documentary short showing the effort over several years to close off a shallow bay in the northwest Netherlands from the rest of the...

    Zuiderzee works
  • 1934
    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    5.31934HD

    A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners)....

    The Adventurer
  • 1929
    Princely Nights

    Princely Nights

    Princely Nights

    01929HD

    Princely Nights
  • 1937
    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    Forfaiture

    6.51937HD

    Denise Moret joins her husband, Pierre, in Mongolia where he works as a civil engineer. One night she loose a lot of money on the roulette and...

    Forfaiture
  • 1923
    Le marchand de plaisirs

    Le marchand de plaisirs

    Le marchand de plaisirs

    01923HD

    Le marchand de plaisirs
  • 1936
    Children's Corner

    Children's Corner

    Children's Corner

    71936HD

    A short by Marcel L'Herbier with music played by Claude Debussy with children's themed visuals.

    Children's Corner
  • 1945
    The Bohemian Life

    The Bohemian Life

    The Bohemian Life

    71945HD

    Four young friends share the carefree, cheerfulness, laughter and dances of Bohemian life. Rodolphe the painter, Alexandre Chaunard the composer,...

    The Bohemian Life
  • 1919
    Le Bercail

    Le Bercail

    Le Bercail

    6.21919HD

    Evelyne attempts to reconnect with her family after a traumatizing experience with a young writer.

    Le Bercail
  • 1936
    The New Men

    The New Men

    The New Men

    61936HD

    Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see...

    The New Men
  • 1940
    La Mode rêvée

    La Mode rêvée

    La Mode rêvée

    01940HD

    An American star, visiting Paris, falls asleep in the Louvre while a guide comments on Watteau's "Voyage à Cythère". She dreams that...

    La Mode rêvée
  • 1917
    The Blindness of Youth

    The Blindness of Youth

    The Blindness of Youth

    01917HD

    "A charming story of a young society girl and the pathetic love of a youth..." Considered a lost film.

    The Blindness of Youth
  • 1937
    Nights of Fire

    Nights of Fire

    Nights of Fire

    6.51937HD

    19th Century Russia. State prosecutor Fedor Andreiev is presiding over the trial of a man who murdered his wife's lover. Despite a robust defence...

    Nights of Fire
  • 1931
    Scent of the Woman in Black

    Scent of the Woman in Black

    Scent of the Woman in Black

    5.41931HD

    The story takes place on the Riviera, where the title character may or may not be involved in various shades of skullduggery, including murder.

    Scent of the Woman in Black
  • 1934
    Le Bonheur

    Le Bonheur

    Le Bonheur

    6.61934HD

    Philippe Lutcher, an anarchist, fires a shot at Clara Stuart, a famous stage and screen actress, but only wounds her. The star, through affectation...

    Le Bonheur
  • 1950
    The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    5.1431950HD

    In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to...

    The Last Days of Pompeii