Vieux films francais

An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.

In 1913 early French film pioneer Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset died abruptly at the age of 51. His filmography of about 60 titles includes all film genres but is today mostly lost. He was particularly intere…

If you’re already familiar with Louis Feuillade, his little-known opus Vendémiaire may come as a surprise. Unlike the bulk of his work which was characterised as ‘Fantastic Realism’, Vendémiaire is wonder…

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …

A naughty boy paints his grandfather's glasses while he sleeps. Upon awakening, the grandfather is frightened by the imagined blindness, creating a series of confusions in the house. Brazil's first fictio…

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…

Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …

An unhappily married woman devises a scheme to get rid of her husband.

1922 version of Walt Disney's Cinderella

Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in . The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Jose…

The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…

Le Ménage moderne du Madame Butterfly is a bisexual, hardcore pornographic film from . It is notable for being the earliest known adult film to incorporate bisexual and homosexual intercourse. It in…

A music teacher in 1870s Boston works hard to succeed, while her wealthy distant relatives find their fortunes turning.

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help peo…

The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estate…

Nolff, a tough Breton fisherman is happy: his wife has just given birth to a son, Michel. His only wish is to make him a fisherman like him. But when he becomes a man, Michel becomes a good-for-nothing wh…

On instructions of the French company Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin develops a film industry in the Netherlands and Belgium from 1912 to the advent of World War One. He directs several quality films includi…