Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A trick film using the reverse effect.

Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some...

Short film set in ancient Egypt.

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

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

The French short film recreates key moments from the Russian revolution of 1905 in Odessa.

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...

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

A man is chased by ten women!

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

Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

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...

Jesus is brought before him again, Pontius Pilate washes his hands to show that he has no responsibility in the death of this man and hands him over...

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

A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

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

An adaptation of the biblical story.

Mude movie from France

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...