Ferdinand Zecca Filmes

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

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...

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...

A trick film using the reverse effect.

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

A man is chased by ten women!

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

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