Abel Gance Movies

A short silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin du Monde".

L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film

A color test film of the Proterama process created by Abel Gance.

Blaise Cendrars' AUTOUR DE LA ROUE (1923), a behind-the-scenes short documenting the production.

A wacky scientist develops a powder that he believes will have the effect of distorting reality for those who take it. To test its effect, he tries...

Marines et cristeaux is a silent film from 1928

This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoleon, the masterpiece of French director/writer/actor Abel Gance. Napoleon...

Alexandre Dumas' romantic novel Lady of the Camelias (more popularly known as Camille) was filmed twice in 1953, first in Argentina, then in France....

A talented painter spends his vacation in Arles, where he paints a portrait of a beautiful Arlesian woman with whom he falls in love. The young girl...

Magirama version, which is one of the four segments of the Magirama program, designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel...

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

French silent film by Abel Gance. Considered lost.

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).

The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and considers his contribution to the cinema.

Un drame au château d'Acre is a 1915 silent short

La digue is a 1911 silent film

Guards are posted to protect various important figures who are threatened with a phone call, that by 10 p.m. the following night they will be...