Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A political quarrel between two men that ends in laughter.

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...

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake "Plongeur...

The opening of this remarkable and mysterious film brings into view a scene in a parlor, with two servants discussing the easiest way to hang four...

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

Maxime Vermont tries to get a financial help from his father-in-law, to no avail. Inspired by an idea from a pulp serial, Maxime sets out to kill his...

A talented youth has compounded a wonderful fluid, a little of which he applies to the mirror in his room, and when he looks into it his image comes...

A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his...

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

The French short film recreates key moments from the Russian revolution of 1905 in Odessa.

Short film by Pathé frères released in 1905

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...

Jesus appears, the doctors and sages who were engaged in a discussion listen to him amazed by his words of wisdom.

Rendez-vous of Apaches. Bonneteur and pickpocket. Theft at the scramble. Reticle shooter. Shoplifting. Pepper stripper. The coup of Father...

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 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...

An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.

At an island penal institution, new prisoners are brought in one-by-one, and introduced to the harsh realities of prison life. They are put in...

Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad...