Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

Jesus enters the temple while the merchants are selling their wares. Jesus overturns the tables of the money lenders by showing them their error.

Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

The wife gets up, runs to the clock and seeing the time, hurriedly awakens her husband. They will miss the train. In their hurry they cannot find...

A man flies his plane "Fend l'Air" over Paris.

Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot...

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.

Mude movie from France

Max causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.

A happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some...

With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to...

Backward facing camera stunt story of a man coming out of the water.

Short film set in ancient Egypt.