Ferdinand Zecca Filmes

The extraordinary life of cinema pioneer Segundo de Chomón.

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

A trick film using the reverse effect.

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...

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

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

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

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

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...

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

Charles Prince, his gift of a posy spurned in favor of a rival's expensive ring, goes to enlist in the Balkan Wars. Sort of. That is, he goes to...

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

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

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

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...

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...

An adaptation of the biblical story.

A group of men with a broken down auto get an assist from a man who can’t walk.

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