Abel Gance Movies

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

Blaise Cendrars' AUTOUR DE LA ROUE (1923), a behind-the-scenes short documenting the production.

L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both...

Un drame au château d'Acre is a 1915 silent short

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

Guards are posted to protect various important figures who are threatened with a phone call, that by 10 p.m. the following night they will be...

This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoleon, the masterpiece of French director/writer/actor Abel Gance. Napoleon...

Directed by Albert Capellani.

La digue is a 1911 silent film

French silent film by Abel Gance. Considered lost.

A color test film of the Proterama process created by Abel Gance.

The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and considers his contribution to the cinema.

Magirama version, which is one of the four segments of the Magirama program, designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel...

Marines et cristeaux is a silent film from 1928