Il était une fois la révolution

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poster Unconquered

Unconquered

146mn - Adventure, Drama, History

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin t…

poster The Pirate of the Black Hawk

The Pirate of the Black Hawk

72mn - Adventure

Manfred, backed by Saracen pirates, deposes the Duke of Montfort, takes over the throne and kidnapped the Duke's young son. Capt. Riccardo, the leader of a pirate band on the ship Black Hawk, sets out 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 Destination Earth

Destination Earth

14mn - Animation

A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity — oil and free enterprise.

poster Napoleon

Napoleon

Nonemn - History, Drama, War

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…

poster Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

11mn - Drama, History

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

America

141mn - Drama, History, Action

The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.

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 Mr. Imperium

Mr. Imperium

87mn - Music, Drama, Romance

A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.

poster Last Woman on Earth

Last Woman on Earth

71mn - Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

Harold Gern, a shady businessman from New York, is spending a holiday in Puerto Rico with his attractive wife Evelyn. They are joined by Martin Joyce, Harold's lawyer, who has come to discuss the latest i…

poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

Onésime a un duel à l'américaine

Corsair

75mn - Adventure

A college football star becomes a pirate on the high seas, hijacking bootleggers' liquor shipments to get revenge against his corrupt Wall Street boss.

poster Male and Female

Male and Female

116mn - Adventure, Drama

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

poster Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

Bandits En Automobile - Episode 1: The Gray Car Gang

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…

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 World and Its Woman

The World and Its Woman

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and…

poster The Beast of Yucca Flats

The Beast of Yucca Flats

54mn - Horror, Sci-Fi

A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear te…

poster Outpost in Morocco

Outpost in Morocco

92mn - Action, Adventure

Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to her father's mountain citadel and find out what he can about the emir's activities. Gerard enjoys his work…

poster Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal

82mn - War, Adventure, Romance

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

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