Cast: Paul Capellani

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Mévisto · Jean Jacquinet · Henry Krauss · Sylvie

Synopsis Based on Emile Zola’s novel, an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of a coalminers’ strike in northern France in the 1860s.

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Eugénie Nau · Alexandre Arquillière · Catherine Fonteney · Jacques Grétillat

Synopsis Based on the novel by Émile Zola, the film is about the degradation of humans, deals with alcoholism and is, ultimately, a very pessimistic story.

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Mistinguett · Paul Capellani · Henry Krauss · Cécile Guyon

Synopsis History of Fernande, a woman of humble origin who marries out of pure interest with a doctor who immediately cheats with several lovers. After being discovered, she leaves her home and leads a dissipated life as a courtesan seducing other...

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Mévisto · Andrée Pascal · Paul Capellani · Louis Ravet

Synopsis This is the story of the most remarkable case of mistaken identity and the most terrible miscarriage of justice ever written in the judicial annals of the world. Roussel, a wealthy merchant, has the misfortune to have in Gasnier, a...

Direction Marcel L'Herbier

Cast Marcelle Pradot · Jaque Catelain · Paul Capellani · Claire Prélia

Direction Camille de Morlhon

Cast Stacia Napierkowska · Paul Capellani · Yvonne Mirval

Synopsis This magnificent film is a portrayal of that period when Ninus was king of Babylon. This is the king who, in order to gratify his desire for luxury and elegance, built the "Hanging Gardens." Semiramis, when first King Ninus was...

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Paul Capellani · Nelly Cormon · René Leprince · Daniel Mendaille

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Henry Krauss · Stacia Napierkowska · René Alexandre · Claude Garry

Synopsis Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy street dancer, arouses the desire of men, especially of Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of Notre Dame. The latter asks Quasimodo, the deaf and deformed bell-ringer of the cathedral, to kidnap the girl. Quasimodo, who has been...

Direction Marcel L'Herbier

Cast Suzanne Desprès · Paul Capellani · Jaque Catelain · Marcelle Pradot

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Alice Brady · Paul Capellani · June Elvidge · Leslie Stowe

Synopsis Orphaned Mimi is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a maid. She meets Rudolphe, heir of a upper class family, who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest.

Direction William Humphrey

Cast Arthur Donaldson · Grace Valentine · James Morrison · Paul Capellani

Synopsis When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves...

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Henri Desfontaines · Paul Capellani

Synopsis In this beautiful film we see the great Don Juan in his many escapades and in his conquests over his rivals in his love affairs.

Direction André Calmettes · Louis Mercanton · Henri Pouctal

Cast Sarah Bernhardt · Lou Tellegen · Paul Capellani · Henri Desfontaines

Synopsis Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and...

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Léon Bernard · Paul Capellani · Louis Gauthier · Léo Malraison

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Jean-Marie de l'Isle · Jeanne Grumbach · Henri Desfontaines · Paul Capellani

Synopsis The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.

Direction Albert Capellani

Cast Mistinguett · Émile Mylo · Paul Capellani · Carly

Synopsis An actress returning from the theater finds that during her absence a burglar has gained entrance to her room and is hiding under her bed. Before retiring for the night, she throws herself upon the bed and lights a cigarette....

Direction Albert Capellani · André Antoine · Léonard Antoine

Cast Henry Krauss · Charlotte Barbier-Krauss · Paul Capellani · Max Charlier

Synopsis In Britain, during the revolution, the nephew of the Marquis de Lantenac, Gawain (P. Capellani) befriends Cimourdain (H. Krauss), a priest who follows the precepts of the Revolution. During the Terror, the Marquis went into exile in England while his...