Movies: Pathe Freres

A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror....

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven....

An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making his way up the ladder of success with the help of a political boss, the wife he left behind (Eleanor Wo...

Rigadin acquires a love powder from a gypsy but it is not consumed by his intended target....

The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war....

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/projecting images on top of one another....

A man is chased by ten women!...

Based on Emile Zola's novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers' strike in northern France in the 1860s....

As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work at a local farm, but he soon finds himself caught in the midd...

A 14-episode silent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers....

Max visits a doctor who prescribes a tonic (Bordeaux of Cinchona) for him to drink every morning. Upon returning home, Max sees a large glass which was left by his wife and labeled "Souvenir de Bordeaux". He consumes it its entirety after assuming th...

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them....

The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet....

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Her husband goes away on a business trip. Her lover appears. However, before they can begin their affair, there is a knock on the door. He hides in a dirt chest. When the maid is gone, he comes out. There is a knock on the door. He hides in a filthy ...

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Royal Edict; The Princess is Sixteen Years Old; Searching for the Princess; The Prediction Comes True; ...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered....

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As a struggling artist, Max is not allowed to pay attentions to a girl by her father. Max decides to win by persistency, and it is a case where persistency meets obstinacy to come off victorious. The artist is required to follow the father and daught...

An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork....