Ni chaine ni maitre

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poster Chained for Life

Chained for Life

A Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?

poster The Man of the Sea

The Man of the Sea

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…

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Two men in a cave perform magic.

poster Petit frère et petite sœur

Petit frère et petite sœur

1mn - Documentary, Family

In a grove, a small boy and a small girl are dancing together.

poster Mademoiselle de La Seiglière

Mademoiselle de La Seiglière

87mn - Family, Drama

The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to France once the Revolution is over. His possessions, which had been sold as material properties, had been purchased by Stamply, a farmer. The latter restores them to…

poster Chicot the Jester

Chicot the Jester

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…

poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

The Voyage of M. Bourrichon

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

poster La Belle Nivernaise

La Belle Nivernaise

A young man falls in love with the daughter of the man who adopted him.

poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

poster The King and the Jester

The King and the Jester

French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

poster Bluebeard

Bluebeard

80mn - Fantasy, Drama, Thriller

Anne reads her younger sister, Marie-Catherine, the story of Bluebeard. In 17th-century France, another set of sisters — also named Anne and Marie-Catherine — are left impoverished by their father's death…

poster Tih Minh

Tih Minh

418mn - Adventure, Crime

Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message r…

poster The Miser

The Miser

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…

poster The Necklace

The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to replace it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but t…

poster Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

13mn - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

poster Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assi…

Babul

Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster will wed one of their daughters.

poster 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

10mn - Adventure, Fantasy

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both r…

poster The Prince of Magicians

The Prince of Magicians

2mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A magician does tricks with the aid of his assistant, the Human Pump.

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

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