Ferdinand Zecca Movies

Jean Clédat, a young sculptor, has fallen in love with Gabrielle Normand, a painter. Jean's father, who expected him to perform his art in his...

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...

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

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

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

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

Reproduction of the terrible catastrophe which annihilated the town of St. Peter on May 8, 1902.

A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake of the...

Jesus appears, the doctors and sages who were engaged in a discussion listen to him amazed by his words of wisdom.

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

A man is chased by ten women!

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

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

Jesus is forced to carry the cross along the path, but his weakness causes him to sink under the weight of the cross. Simon of Cyrene helps him, the...

An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive...