Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

Tribute to Segundo de Chomón. Semi-documentary featuring short films and appearances by actors who explain his works, such as Inma de Santis,...

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

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

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...

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

Ferdinand Zecca's remake of his own film "Plongeur fantastique" (The Fantastic Plunger, 1901) with the same premise, showing a diver with reverse...

A servant kills his miser master and buries his corpse. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim....or is it his own conscience?

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.

Georges Méliès's first attempt at Cinderella was in 1899. That film was extraordinary then for having multiple scenes and a semblance...

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

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

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

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

A trick film using the reverse effect.

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