Countries
167 films in this collection
Collection no. #14755 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Factory workers strike after their demands for arbitration are rejected. A violent confrontation kills a worker, prompting his wife to attack the…
Collection no. #14767 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Encouraged by a friend, a man challenges professional wrestlers at a fair. The bouts become increasingly exaggerated, until his encounter with a much…
Collection no. #14774 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young couple ignores a warning and enters a ruined temple. Priests trap them inside while a spirit fills the space with fire, leaving them to seek…
Collection no. #14784 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician presents oversized playing cards and a troublesome head that emerges from a crate. The demonstration turns into a chase when an object…
Collection no. #14795 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man's opium dream sends a glass of beer toward the Moon and brings a moon goddess into his room. His attempts to drink and embrace her repeatedly…
Collection no. #14872 minGaston Velle
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two thieves enter a house through its roof while the owner leaves to summon the police. Rats, ladders and windows complicate the burglary, but the…
Collection no. #14931 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An Algerian dancer performs directly for the camera. The short records the movement as a self-contained attraction, with colour drawing additional…
Collection no. #15004 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two intruders hide inside a wealthy man's house and move from a closet to the bathroom. Discovering them in his covered bathtub, the owner begins a…
Collection no. #15011 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A magician places his own head in a glass box and gives his body a replacement. Amused by tormenting the trapped head, he fails to anticipate what…
Collection no. #15183 minFerdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A couple shares a meal with an elderly stranger during winter. Their guest reveals herself as a fairy and rewards the kindness by transforming the…
Collection no. #15498 minSegundo de Chomón
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A demonic magician performs inside a strange grotto, but a benevolent spirit interrupts his control. The opposing figures turn the display of tricks…
Collection no. #15549 minLucien Nonguet
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Ordered by a doctor to take cold baths, Max buys a tub and struggles to bring it home. Filling it in the hallway creates a new problem: neighbours…
Collection no. #156281 minCarl Theodor Dreyer
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French. · No subtitle track in this language
Imprisoned and questioned by a court that demands she abandon her convictions, Joan of Arc faces a struggle fought through glances, pauses and…
Collection no. #15820 minAuguste Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A steam train enters La Ciotat station as travelers wait, step aside and move along the platform. The approaching locomotive and shifting crowd…
Collection no. #15830 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Workers stream through the gates of the Lumière factory in Lyon and disperse into the street. A fixed camera records the end of a working day,…
Collection no. #15840 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A boy interrupts a gardener's work by stepping on his hose. When the puzzled man examines the nozzle, the water suddenly returns. The prank sets off…
Collection no. #15880 minLouis Lumière
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Auguste Lumière and his wife Marguerite feed their baby daughter at a table outdoors. Between spoonfuls, tea and a biscuit, the camera observes the…
Collection no. #159117 minGeorges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Bel-Azor's fairy-tale adventure unfolds among enchanted palaces, fantastic creatures and underwater wonders. Georges Méliès creates a world of…