In Montreux, Marie silently loves Georges, who instead loves her sister Jeanne. At his request, Marie helps unite them, then deliberately contracts...
La Sacrifiée
In "Rêves enfantins", players in the flesh are mixed with animated objects and cut-out paper actors.
Childish Dreams
Having faked an automobile accident, an adventuress is taken into the home of a "ganadero" (a landowner of the Camargue), whom she seduces. Her...
L’Aventurière
A British clown invents a device which shows all people in grotesque sizes.
The Smile-O-Scope
The great men of letters and military conquest pose on subsequent pages of a very special history book.
Modern Education
A splendid blend of live-action photography and Cohl's famous animation, Nothing... displays the realms man has conquered: Air, sea, the domains of...
Nothing Is Impossible for Man
A silent French film depicting the story of the nativity.
The Nativity
Early short by French animation artist Émile Cohl. A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the...
Bonsoir
Esther
A woman becomes slowly visible in front of a black space. She points a wand and spells the word “Bonsoir” in colored letters formed from...
The Fairy's Farewell
An old and learned doctor discovers the secret of spontaneous generation and makes a microscopic germ which in its growth gives birth to the...
Comic Mutations
Forced to renounce the woman he loves because she is to marry another, a young sailor sets sail for a distant fishing voyage. While the wedding in...
The Shipwreck
Framed in a wreath of roses we see a lithe Creek dancer, who sways and postures before an epicurean party of ancients, followed by a laurel wreath...
Crowns, II: The Crown of Thorns
Several unique specimens of highly ornamented porcelain are shown in series. In each case the various pieces of ware are in reality formed of living...
Delicate Porcelains
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart...
Fantasmagorie
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
A traveler is welcomed into a fully automated hotel, where no human intervention is required. But the machines malfunction, giving the guest a...
The Hotel of Silence
A mythological scene with the most beautiful effect.
The Legend of Prometheus
To secure victory against the Ammonites, the Israeli judge Jephthah vowed to sacrifice the first person who greeted him upon his return. After...
Jephthah's Daughter
The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.
André Chénier