Pathe Freres Movies

The story of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of His Nativity to His Ascension into heaven. Impressive staging and beautiful hand-coloring distingu...

An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive ‘ap...

This is a mesmerising little short that employs a peculiar bird’s eye view of a mischievous devil who dances around, performing strange tricks and mak...

A Japanese-set magic show. There is a lot of visual trickery on display, ending with an amazing effect using reverse footage and superimposing/project...

A man is trying to shave, but grotesque faces keep appearing in his mirror.

The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale become...

A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the mo...

A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.

A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.

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

This is a short, simple ballet performance. Colors are used here, but the print is quite badly damaged.

A pregnant woman steals things from others on account of her cravings.

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the c...

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 t...

A magician is surprised when he attempts to transform a beetle.

Recommended by a friend of the Ambigu Theatre, Max is summoned to Joinville studios. His first role is that of a husband who comes home late.

Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603),focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unro...

A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the subject, he...

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, whi...