Ferdinand Zecca Movies

An early Pathé version of Don Quixote told in 15 chapters.

A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the...

Short directed by Henri Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca.

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

A young woman receives a message, and hurriedly leaves home. But the message was a trick to lure her into a trap, where she is assaulted and killed....

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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.

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

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...

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...

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