French cinema: 1900s
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse (1906)
Albert Capellani
Whilst his mother is busy sewing, a young man named Aladdin is happily dreaming that he is a rich man courting the Sultan's beautiful daughter...
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Albert Capellani
L'Arlésienne (1908)
Albert Capellani
Frédéric, a young man from the country, arrives in the ancient city of Arles to attend a bullfight in the Roman amphitheatre...
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Albert Capellani
L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908)
André Calmettes
On 23rd December 1588 the long-running power-struggle between the opposing houses of de Guise and Valois will come to a dramatic climax with the assassination of Henri I of Lorraine, the Duke de Guise...
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André Calmettes
L'Assommoir (1908)
Albert Capellani
In Second Empire France, Gervaise is in a state of distress when her lover Lantier abandons her and her children to live with his mistress Virginie...
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Albert Capellani
Barbe-bleue (1901)
Georges Méliès
The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives - all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him...
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Georges Méliès
Le Chaudron infernal (1903)
Georges Méliès
In a creepy Gothic castle, a visibly terrified young woman is brought before a fierce-looking green-skinned demon. Ignoring the woman's frantic protestations, the malevolent demon hastily wraps her in a white sheet and bundles her into a burning cauldron... [More...]
Georges Méliès
In a creepy Gothic castle, a visibly terrified young woman is brought before a fierce-looking green-skinned demon. Ignoring the woman's frantic protestations, the malevolent demon hastily wraps her in a white sheet and bundles her into a burning cauldron... [More...]
L'Homme aux gants blancs (1908)
Albert Capellani
Settling into his new Parisian hotel room, Monsieur Rasta is about to embark on his next criminal enterprise. As he dresses for the occasion he finds he needs a new pair of white gloves... [More...]
Albert Capellani
Settling into his new Parisian hotel room, Monsieur Rasta is about to embark on his next criminal enterprise. As he dresses for the occasion he finds he needs a new pair of white gloves... [More...]
Le Locataire diabolique (1909)
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
Georges Méliès
An old man with the air of a learned professor arrives at a boarding house and asks the concierge for a room. It so happens there is a room available, but it is unfurnished and in the process of being decorated... [More...]
Molière (1909)
Léonce Perret
Paris, 1642. In his father's upholstery shop, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is reading his first comic verses to his brothers and sisters... [More...]
Léonce Perret
Paris, 1642. In his father's upholstery shop, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is reading his first comic verses to his brothers and sisters... [More...]
Nouvelles luttes extravagantes (1900)
Georges Méliès
Two attractive young women are transformed into two male wresters who begin an extravagant wrestling match with relish. One combatant throws his opponent into the air and, when he recovers, the second wrestler knocks the first over and pulls off his arms and legs... [More...]
Georges Méliès
Two attractive young women are transformed into two male wresters who begin an extravagant wrestling match with relish. One combatant throws his opponent into the air and, when he recovers, the second wrestler knocks the first over and pulls off his arms and legs... [More...]
La Vie du Christ (1906)
Alice Guy
Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, the life and death of Christ are presented in a series of tableaux representing scenes taken from the New Testament... [More...]
Alice Guy
Starting with the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable in Bethlehem, the life and death of Christ are presented in a series of tableaux representing scenes taken from the New Testament... [More...]
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (1903)
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
Lucien Nonguet
The life and passion of Jesus Christ, presented as a series of tableaux taken from the four gospels of the New Testament... [More...]
Le Voyage à travers l'impossible (1904)
Georges Méliès
A group of highly eminent scientists meet up to make preparations for a continent-spanning expedition, the like of which the world has never seen before... [More...]
Georges Méliès
A group of highly eminent scientists meet up to make preparations for a continent-spanning expedition, the like of which the world has never seen before... [More...]
Le Voyage dans la lune (1902)
Georges Méliès
At a meeting of the astronomy club, Professor Barbenfouillis announces his next venture: to lead a manned expedition to the moon... [More...]
Georges Méliès
At a meeting of the astronomy club, Professor Barbenfouillis announces his next venture: to lead a manned expedition to the moon... [More...]