Abel Gance Movies

Guards are posted to protect various important figures who are threatened with a phone call, that by 10 p.m. the following night they will be...

A hero of the Paris streets is recruited for a conspiracy against Mazarin in the court of the King, but he reveals the subversive plot to Anne of...

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France....

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and considers his contribution to the cinema.

A short silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin du Monde".

Un drame au château d'Acre is a 1915 silent short

This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoleon, the masterpiece of French director/writer/actor Abel Gance. Napoleon...

La digue is a 1911 silent film

A color test film of the Proterama process created by Abel Gance.

Clarisse (aka 'Venus') learns that she will go blind in a year or two .Although pregnant by her lover, Madère, she pretends she's cheated and...

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel Gance,s creation, Polyvision, which preceded...

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).

Marines et cristeaux is a silent film from 1928

Magirama version, which is one of the four segments of the Magirama program, designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel...