Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A man is chased by ten women!

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

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...

A man walks down to the water's edge, takes off his clothes and prepares to go for a swim.... only to find himself fully clothed. This happens again...

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...

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

A man with some sense of intestinal urgency needs to find the right door at a railroad station. He chooses... the wrong door.

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

Jesus enters the temple while the merchants are selling their wares. Jesus overturns the tables of the money lenders by showing them their error.

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

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

Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad...

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

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops...

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

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...

At an island penal institution, new prisoners are brought in one-by-one, and introduced to the harsh realities of prison life. They are put in...

A tramp who unwittingly starts a fire is chased by a mob of peasants.

A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his...