Ferdinand Zecca Movies

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...

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to...

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured...

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

An early Pathé version of Don Quixote told in 15 chapters.

A trick film using the reverse effect.

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.

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

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

Talby is a celebrated tragedian. Among his most fervent admirers is Gaby Sombreuse. One day, Gaby meets her idol in the flesh and is... very...

The Clever Baker, shows a not so clever baker baking.

Old gentleman stretches himself on the long seat of a French railway car, after placing numerous bundles in the rack above him, and also in the rack...

A policeman spots a dog stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and gives chase. Soon several more policemen have joined the pursuit. But the...