Cast: Antonin Artaud

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Maria Falconetti · Eugene Silvain · Maurice Schutz · Michel Simon

Synopsis The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) depicts the harrowing final days of Joan of Arc, the young French heroine condemned by her English captors. Focused on her trial and interrogation by ecclesiastical judges, the film captures Joan's unwavering faith...

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Gina Manès · Edmond Van Daële · Antonin Artaud

Synopsis A biopic of Napoleon which spans approximately 16 years. It covers Napoleon's childhood, his first strategic victory (a schoolyard snowball fight), his rise through the ranks after the Revolution and his marriage to Josephine, and culminates in the Italian campaign...

Direction Raymond Bernard

Cast Pierre Blanchar · Gabriel Gabrio · Charles Vanel · Raymond Aimos

Synopsis The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected...

Direction Marcel L'Herbier

Cast Pierre Alcover · Alfred Abel · Brigitte Helm · Marie Glory

Synopsis The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. To push up the price of his stock, Saccard plans a publicity stunt involving the aviator Jacques Hamelin flying...

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Charles Boyer · Madeleine Ozeray · Robert Arnoux · Roland Toutain

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Edwige Feuillère · Gabriel Gabrio · Roger Karl · Maurice Escande

Synopsis At the end of the 15th Century, Rome is ruled ruthlessly by power mad and sex hungry Cesare Borgia, the eldest son of Pope Alexander VI. Following the advice of his chief adviser Niccolo Macchiavelli, Cesare Borgia decides to attempt...

Direction Jean Painlevé

Cast Antonin Artaud · Marcel Barencey · Henri Marchand · Jean Painlevé

Direction Marcel Vandal

Cast Suzanne Dehelly · Antonin Artaud · Raoul Chennevières · Georges Chebat

Synopsis During a trip to Naples, a young French man falls in love with a fisherman's granddaughter, Graziella. They are separated when he must return to France, and Graziella soon dies.

Direction Raymond Bernard

Cast Gaby Morlay · Line Noro · Florelle · Pauline Carton

Direction Léon Poirier

Cast Albert Préjean · Jeanne Marie-Laurent · Suzanne Bianchetti · Hans Brausewetter

Direction Claude Autant-Lara

Cast Louise Lara · Antonin Artaud · Paul Barthet · Roland Barthes

Synopsis A story of a love trio, an adultery, an expression of jealousy and the desire to murder without the help of titles, by the combination of images, their associations, editing, tricks, overprints, idling, and acceleration.

Direction Raymond Bernard

Cast Édith Jéhanne · Paule Andral · Olaf Fjord · Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Synopsis Emperess Catherine II wants to get rid of Princess Elisabeth Tarakanova who is to replace her on the throne of Russia. She asks Prince Orloff to travel to Venice so he can seduce Elisabeth and bring her back to Russia....

Direction Henry Wulschleger

Cast Bach · Georges Tréville · Charles Montel · Simone Héliard

Synopsis Valerian writes his uncle, colonial millionaire, for money. He meets a quartermaster, Napoleon, who pretends to be a doctor of law. They become friends.

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Annabella · Antonin Artaud · Pierre Batcheff

Synopsis Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronization from both the 1932 reissue and this version.

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Gina Manès · Damia · Eugénie Buffet

Synopsis A reedited version of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece 'Napoléon vu par Abel Gance', with sound effects added, dialogue post-dubbed, and with new scenes filmed with additional new cast members. The film recounts the life and exploits of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor...

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Antonin Artaud · Gaston Dubosc · Alice Dufrene · Samson Fainsilber

Direction Maurice Tourneur

Cast Elissa Landi · Pierre Fresnay · John Lodge · Antonin Artaud

Direction Luitz Morat

Cast André Marnay · Gabriel Gabrio · Maurice Schutz · Claude Mérelle

Synopsis Guilty of insulting Christ Ahasverus became forever eternity the wandering Jew. On 13 February 1682, during a night of pogrom in the Warsaw ghetto a Frenchman married to a Polish Jew is assassinated by members of a secret society.