Ferdinand Zecca Movies

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

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

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

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...

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

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...

Jean Clédat, a young sculptor, has fallen in love with Gabrielle Normand, a painter. Jean's father, who expected him to perform his art in his...

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

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

A man is chased by ten women!

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

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...

Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

Three little chimney-sweepers fall down at the door of a farmhouse exhausted with fatigue and cold when the snow is falling. The most courageous of...

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