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poster The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster Horse Trick Riders
Horse Trick Riders
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
In the background is a house. In the foreground, a groom holds the reins of a sleek black horse that stands in profile. A tall man, dressed in a black uniform, demonstrates how to mount the horse then enc…
poster The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror
(2.8/5)
102mn - History, Drama
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his und…
poster The Drawing Lesson
The Drawing Lesson
2mn -
In a corner of the garden we see an ornamental fountain. An old professor comes along, looking for a nice spot where he can teach his pupils. Finding the fountain to his liking he goes after his scholars.…
poster Concert
Concert
1mn -
On the terrace of a villa, a violinist, two pianists and a singer are playing, until they are interrupted by a false note.
poster Kiri-Kis
Kiri-Kis
3mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.
poster The Blacksmiths
The Blacksmiths
(2.6/5)
1mn - Documentary
While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a blacksmith is pounding a piece of metal on an anvil, then plunges the shaft into a tub of water,…
poster Rhythm 21
Rhythm 21
(2.8/5)
3mn - Animation
Abstract animated short film. Grey and white squares change size and shape on a black background.
poster The Mechanical Man
The Mechanical Man
(3.0/5)
80mn - Comedy, Sci-Fi
The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine. The mechanical man possess super-human speed and strength. The scientist is killed however…
poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
5mn -
Onésime short
poster The Pillar of Fire
The Pillar of Fire
1mn - Fantasy
A devil wearing bat-like wings and brandishing a trident dances around a giant pot, conjuring forth flame from his trident to lit a fire beneath the pot. After the devil works the fire with bellows, an an…
poster Départ de cyclistes
Départ de cyclistes
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
At the start line of the Lyon-Geneva bicycle race.
poster Mabel at the Wheel
Mabel at the Wheel
18mn - Comedy
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
poster Opus III
Opus III
(3.2/5)
3mn - Animation
An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.
poster The Broken Violin
The Broken Violin
3mn - Drama
If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until…
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 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 Rogues' Tricks
Rogues' Tricks
4mn - Comedy, Action
Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…
poster The Rink
The Rink
(3.5/5)
24mn - Comedy
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
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