Ferdinand Zecca Movies

Silent film

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

A boy armed with itching powder makes a nuisance of himself, spraying everyone in sight.

Depicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of...

Jesus appears, the doctors and sages who were engaged in a discussion listen to him amazed by his words of wisdom.

Talby is a celebrated tragedian. Among his most fervent admirers is Gaby Sombreuse. One day, Gaby meets her idol in the flesh and is... very...

A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot...

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

A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

Two men get into a knife fight, in a Corsican tavern, and one of them kills another and escapes. He takes refuge in his house but escapes when the...

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

The wife gets up, runs to the clock and seeing the time, hurriedly awakens her husband. They will miss the train. In their hurry they cannot find...

Backward facing camera stunt story of a man coming out of the water.

Two monks are seen sitting at a table drinking their beer and smoking their pipes. One has evidently told a funny story judging from their actions....