Les cinq légendes

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows les cinq légendes

poster The Five Accursed Gentlemen
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
58mn - Drama
When five gentlemen humiliate a merchant in a Tunisian bazaar, the latter curses them, telling them the order of their deaths within a given time frame. The men begin to die in the order they were chosen…
poster Devil's Five
Devil's Five
118mn - Horror
An ancient malevolent force unleashes a deadly computer virus that threatens to destroy humanity, linking together four terrifying tales of the supernatural through a mysterious wraparound story involving…
poster Five Guns West
Five Guns West
(2.6/5)
78mn - Western, Action
In the dying days of the Civil War, five condemned Confederate prisoners are offered a deadly bargain: capture a traitorous spy and recover stolen gold in exchange for their freedom. At a remote desert st…
poster Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
89mn - Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast set in the period of the Vikings. Freya, a warrior and the beautiful daughter of a Viking king, is held prisoner on an island castle by a Beast whom has been cursed b…
poster Legend of the Lizard Man
Legend of the Lizard Man
112mn - Horror
The LIZARD-MAN myth has long brought curious travelers from across the globe into town, in search of the prehistoric beast lurking beneath the swamp.
poster Hercules
Hercules
(2.7/5)
104mn - Fantasy, Adventure
In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediatel…
poster Le Retour d'Ulysse
Le Retour d'Ulysse
(2.9/5)
11mn - History, Adventure
When Troy has fallen and Ulysses sets sail for home, his ships are driven to different lands, where his adventures are numerous, keeping him away from his native land for ten years. As time rolls on witho…
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 The Marvellous Wreath
The Marvellous Wreath
3mn - Fantasy
A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.
poster The King and the Jester
The King and the Jester
5mn - Comedy
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 Christian Martyrs
Christian Martyrs
(2.7/5)
7mn - Fantasy, Drama
Various scenes from New Testament and Old: Christian martyrdom under Roman rule, Daniel in the lion's den, and Belshazzar's vision of a floating hand spelling the end of his rule.
poster Five for Hell
Five for Hell
93mn - War
Lt. Glenn Hoffmann is the the fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball, acrobatic G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a bru…
poster Legend of a Ghost
Legend of a Ghost
15mn - Fantasy, Horror
A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the …
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 Whimsical Illusions
Whimsical Illusions
5mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assis…
poster Legend of the Sea Wolf
Legend of the Sea Wolf
(2.6/5)
92mn - Adventure
Italian production of Jack London's well-known, often filmed tale. Gentleman is forced to work in a seal-hunt ship ruled by a tyrannical captain. Violence rules but soon he learns to interact with the cap…
poster Teaserama
Teaserama
69mn - Documentary
A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.
poster Faust in the Underworld
Faust in the Underworld
7mn - Fantasy
The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with sim…
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster The Fury of Achilles
The Fury of Achilles
(2.9/5)
118mn - War, Adventure, Drama
In the tenth year of the legendary siege of Troy, the invincible warrior Achilles withdraws from battle after a bitter dispute with King Agamemnon over a captive slave girl, leaving the Greek forces vulne…
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