Ferdinand Zecca Movies

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

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...

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

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

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...

A man is chased by ten women!

Early silent adaptation of the fairy-tale Puss In Boots.

A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.

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

Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

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

Mude movie from France

A young woman receives a message, and hurriedly leaves home. But the message was a trick to lure her into a trap, where she is assaulted and killed....

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

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

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...