Brèves de comptoir

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poster Boat Leaving the Port
Boat Leaving the Port
1mn - Drama, Documentary
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
5mn -
Onésime short
poster Le goûter des bébés
Le goûter des bébés
1mn - Documentary
poster Rentrée à l'étable
Rentrée à l'étable
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Geneva (Exhibition 1896): back to the barn.
poster Déchargement d’un navire
Déchargement d’un navire
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
A shot of a ship that is being unloaded.
poster Ateliers de La Ciotat
Ateliers de La Ciotat
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Men working at the shipyards of La Ciotat.
poster Crainquebille
Crainquebille
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama
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…
poster The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
The Voyage of M. Bourrichon
15mn -
An indebted French family flees its creditors in this comic picaresque, one of pioneering French director George Méliès last films.
poster Saut à la couverte
Saut à la couverte
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Jumping the Blanket.
poster Le cigare introuvable
Le cigare introuvable
1mn - Comedy
Three portly, white-face clowns wrangle over a cigar stub. One of them keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and similar ruses.
poster Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
(3.1/5)
26mn - War
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent.
poster Sardine fishing
Sardine fishing
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
Back from fishing, fishermen in a boat pull out sardines caught in the net.
poster Calino, Station Master
Calino, Station Master
7mn - Comedy
Calino is left in charge of a railway station.
poster The Man of the Sea
The Man of the Sea
86mn - Drama
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 Between Calais and Dover
Between Calais and Dover
(2.7/5)
1mn - Comedy
A rocky sea voyage as reenacted by Georges Méliès.
poster Calino courtier en paratonnerres
Calino courtier en paratonnerres
5mn -
Calino goes politely around to three or four people from the bourgeois class, trying to sell them a lightning rod: but due to a factory defect, the apparatus attracts lightning instead of driving it away.
poster A Submarine Pirate
A Submarine Pirate
40mn - Comedy
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
poster The Cameraman
The Cameraman
(4/5)
66mn - Comedy, Romance, Drama
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
poster Boules Game
Boules Game
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
poster A Burlesque on Carmen
A Burlesque on Carmen
(3/5)
31mn - Comedy
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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