Abel Gance Movies

Un drame au château d'Acre is a 1915 silent short

Hopson, a prestigious scientist, studies the effect of snake venom to cure many diseases of mankind. His son enlists in the army when the Great War...

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

Guards are posted to protect various important figures who are threatened with a phone call, that by 10 p.m. the following night they will be...

L'infirmière is a 1914 silent film.

French silent film pioneer Abel Gance directs this 1935 classic about Lucrezia Borgia, her brother, Cesare. and her father, Pope Alexander VI -- one...

An 18-minute silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin Du Monde".

Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce...

A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in...

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France....

What was it about opera diva Grace Moore that attracted the attention of filmdom's top directors? Moore's 1937 American movie vehicle When You're in...

A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

La digue is a 1911 silent film

Didier Méreuil, affectionately called Poliche, is in love with Rosine, a beautiful girl, so he does everything to please her. She does not...

Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both...

Le portrait de Mireille is a 1909 short film

L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).