The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, an event that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.

A child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.

A silent short film directed by Louis Feuillade.

Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and...

Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.

After the divorce of her parents, Colette gets sent to her grandfather's who she never really knows. Mrs. Lapierre, her new governess is very...

Madam Berre, the widow of an African traveler, has a lion and two lionesses in her conservatory. Fred, a servant who abuses her beasts, is sent...

A prominent woman has a very valuable diamond for which she accepts an offer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to rob her of the diamond before...

The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.

A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.

A manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows...

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.

The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.

A haunted-hotel film, reviving a joke from a 1900 comic strip showing a sleeper being ejected from an electric bed.