Ferdinand Zecca Movies

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...

Rendez-vous of Apaches. Bonneteur and pickpocket. Theft at the scramble. Reticle shooter. Shoplifting. Pepper stripper. The coup of Father...

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

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake of the...

Jesus is brought before him again, Pontius Pilate washes his hands to show that he has no responsibility in the death of this man and hands him over...

A 8-chapter ("tableaux") short film that tells the story of a gambler who ends his life on the guillotine.

A retired Nintendo champion comes to terms with his broken Nintendo Entertainment System in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005.

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...

Three little chimney-sweepers fall down at the door of a farmhouse exhausted with fatigue and cold when the snow is falling. The most courageous of...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

An adaptation of the biblical story.

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....