La decade prodigieuse

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows la decade prodigieuse

poster Pierrot the Prodigal

Pierrot the Prodigal

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

75mn - Comedy, Music

A producer and his partner clash over two women in show business.

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

poster A Hundred Tricks

A Hundred Tricks

poster The Deal

The Deal

A washed-up Hollywood producer on the brink of suicide gets one last shot at redemption when his nephew brings him a script about Benjamin Disraeli, but desperation drives him to transform the historical …

poster Black Circle

Black Circle

102mn - Mystery, Horror

Two sisters discover a mysterious vinyl record from the 1970s that promises self-improvement but unleashes terrifying doppelgangers of anyone who listens to it. As these evil doubles grow stronger each da…

poster The Magic Dice

The Magic Dice

1mn - Comedy, Fantasy

Another magic short of Méliès.

poster The Wonderful Album

The Wonderful Album

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

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

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

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

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

poster Léonce Loves Morels

Léonce Loves Morels

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

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

A magician shows tricks with money.

poster The Black Diamond

The Black Diamond

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

A film from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.

poster The Beach Girls

The Beach Girls

When three college friends take over a luxurious beach house for summer vacation, party girls Ginger and Ducky transform their naive friend Sarah's quiet getaway into an epic non-stop bash. But when drug …

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