Pierre Alcover

L'Argent

Adapted from the novel L'Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in P...

Le Billet de mille

The tribulations of a banknote, from its exit from a counter to its destruction, passing through dozens of hand...

Liliom

Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who...

Bizarre, Bizarre

A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go m...

Ernest the Rebel

In South America anything can happen: the consul might give you as a snack to the sharks, you can wind up as a...

Le Million

Debt-ridden painter Michel is overcome with joy at discovering that he has just won 1 million florins in the Du...

The Swallow and the Titmouse

Herr Pierre Van Groot owns two barges. Van Groot, his wife, and his sister-in-law navigate along the north chan...

The Man from Nowhere

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at s...

Life Dances On

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of...

Colonel Chabert

The story of a French officer who is assumed dead during the Napoleonic Wars, but returns ten years later to a...

L'Étrange Nuit de Noël

Taking advantage of their uncle's absence, André and Raymond Rafet organize a New Year's Eve party at his house...

Little Lise

Victor Berthier, a good man but also a very jealous one, killed his wife in a fit of jealousy. After serving a...

Second Bureau

Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage a...

Autour de l'argent

A documentary about the making of L'argent, the epic silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. The film shows t...

The Messenger

Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but is prevente...

Coup de vent

In Pisa, chance forces an old bookseller out of his isolation. He unleashes the fury of the tenants of his buil...

Parade in 7 Nights

In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

Courier of Lyons

A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice wil...

All for Nothing

An honest but naive young man is manipulated by a gang of crooks who use him as as a cover for their misdeeds....

L'Heureuse Aventure

A problem forces a plane carrying passengers bound for the Far East to land on a desert island. Couples forms a...

Theodore and Company

Chénérol, a wealthy merchant, one day discovers that his wife is having an affair and that his nephew is playin...

The Citadel of Silence

During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it'...

Marion de Lorme

The romantic drama based on the play of the same name, depicting the life of a 17th-century French courtesan.

La Chèvre aux pieds d'or

Spy drama about a young dancer from a poor background in Poland who is forced by a baron to spy for him.

En plongée

The naval officer Maurice de Vergnes, tired of the extravagance of his fiancée Moussia, finds with pleasure a c...

Macbeth

Macbeth is a French 1915 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was released on December 3...

In the Service of the Tsar

At the turn of the last century, a beautiful spy takes advantage of a handsome officer to get across the Russia...

The Wedding of Miss Beulemans

The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company of a young man from Paris, to that of her...

Nuits de princes

In the Parisian Russian émigré community, an attractive young woman, Hélène, is torn between her husband, her l...

Criminal

A wrongfully convicted man finds himself suspected of a crime committed in his prison.

Le Château des 4 obèses

In a castle, one stormy evening, Doctor Carter and a whole merry company find themselves welcomed by the four b...

Les Roquevillard

A family of strict magistrates holds firm in protecting one of their members,who commits an error which provoke...

Street Without Joy

Jeanne supports supports his family on his modest salary. Her boss is arrested for fraud. Jeanne is forced, out...

Donogoo

La Griffe du hasard

A likeable young man, reduced to living by expediency, is launched in spite of himself into an adventure of ste...

La faute des autres

James, the supervisor of an agricultural colony, is in love with Hélène, who is unfortunately meant for another...