La decade prodigieuse

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows la decade prodigieuse

poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster The Lilliputian Minuet
The Lilliputian Minuet
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
The film, of which only fragments are known to survive, features Méliès as a magician making playing-card figures come to life in miniature.
poster Time Out for Rhythm
Time Out for Rhythm
(3.2/5)
75mn - Comedy, Music
A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.
poster The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster A Hundred Tricks
A Hundred Tricks
(2.8/5)
3mn - Comedy
poster Ballet Mécanique
Ballet Mécanique
19mn - Documentary, Fantasy
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a few moments of solitude in a garden.
poster The Magic Dice
The Magic Dice
(2.6/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Another magic short of Méliès.
poster The Wonderful Album
The Wonderful Album
(2.7/5)
4mn - Fantasy
This is in poor condition and the hand colouring is a little rough around the edges compared to the others, but it contains some impressive ‘appearing’ effects as pieces of paper from a giant book turn in…
poster The Tenth Symphony
The Tenth Symphony
(3/5)
94mn - Drama
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 meets Damor's daughter, Claire, and tries to marries her.…
poster The Defect
The Defect
41mn -
LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the d…
poster Onesime, Clockmaker
Onesime, Clockmaker
(3.2/5)
8mn - Sci-Fi, Comedy
In an effort to secure a promised inheritance, Onésime invents a time machine that speeds up activity on earth, hyper-animates men and machines, and telescopes the human life-cycle.
poster The Gibson Goddess
The Gibson Goddess
10mn - Comedy
A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limb…
poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
5mn -
Onésime short
poster Léonce Loves Morels
Léonce Loves Morels
(2.8/5)
14mn -
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suzanne Le Bret and a nice little fantasy.
poster Protéa
Protéa
(3.1/5)
50mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Jose…
poster King of Dollars
King of Dollars
2mn - Fantasy
A magician shows tricks with money.
poster The Black Diamond
The Black Diamond
(2.8/5)
50mn -
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…
poster Il biglietto da mille
Il biglietto da mille
16mn -
A film from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.
poster Blonde Ice
Blonde Ice
(3/5)
73mn - Crime, Drama, Romance
A golddigging femme fatale leaves a trail of men behind her, rich and poor, alive and dead.
poster Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(3.2/5)
103mn - Drama
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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