Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A trick film using the reverse effect.

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.

A convicted criminal dreams about his past the night before his execution.

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

Pathé film number 380, also known as "What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor" (US) and "Peeping Tom" (UK). It should not be confused with...

To fill their jars with water, a group of women gathered around the well. At one point comes Samaria, a woman known for her bad temper. Jesus appears...

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

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.

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

A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

Pathe begat the Son of Man. The actual title (minus an accent) is La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ. It is an April 1914 remake of...

In Paris, freed by criminal hands, several barrels roll down an endless slope, dragging everything and everyone in their path.

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.

A well-dressed, middle-aged man is enjoying a drink at a table with a pretty young woman. He flirts with her, and she seems not to mind his...