Abel Gance Movies

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...

Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor, a composer who leads a bohemian lifestyle with his friends, who are artists...

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

In August 1803, Napoleon’s police uncovered a British-backed Bourbon restoration plot implicating the Prince of Condé. Although his son,...

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

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

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...

Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce...

La digue is a 1911 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).

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

Marines et cristeaux is a silent film from 1928

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

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