A picador, an already mature man, keeps secret his love for the young orphan he raised. But she falls in love with a young picador...

An honest worker is unjustly accused of murder. The culprit promises him to give his son a good education if he allows himself to be condemned.

Claude, son of a ruined family, pretends to be a dangerous trickster in order to get credit from the guys in the middle. He is in charge of...

The gratuitous murder of his father and the misery of the people, aggravated by a succession of bad harvests, lead Gaspard, a great admirer of...

Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.

Germaine Moreuil's insane jealousy triggers such violent marital quarrels that the spouses file for divorce. When Germaine's parents find out, they...

The mistress of an engineer meets the man's pregnant wife and decides to give up the liaison.

Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted over the court of the last Russian czar, Nicholas.

Adrienne Lecouvreur is an acclaimed actress who falls in love with Polish prince Maurice de Saxe, only to be poisoned by a jealous rival while...

The life of Thérèse Martin, who entered the Carmel at the age of 15, in 1888, under the name of Sister Thérèse of the...

In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both...

A wealthy man's wife dies in a car crash; she is survived by him and their daughter. The father learns that he's not her biological father.

For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the...

A kind and generous village noble, specializing in good works, actually leads a double existence and carries out dishonest activities.

In 1906, François left the Basque country with his father, who had decided to settle in Argentina following an incident between him and...

To inherit from his late uncle, Narcisse Pigeon is obliged to pass his pilot's license.

Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison,...

Max is a millionaire who is forced to lead a double-life as a waiter, the result of having lost a wager.

French version of the Selma Lagerlof story, most famously filmed in 1921 by Victor Sjostrom, about a poor sinner who only realizes what misery he's...

Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.

A scandalised Frenchman returns from Africa where he has been involved in illegal trading of mines (resulting in the deaths of many African miners)....

Aged penniless actors are living in a old people's home. They always talk about their past glory or failures. One day Raphael Saint-Clair comes; he...

A 14-episode silent adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers.

While sailing on a yacht off the French Riviera a shy young man and the owner's daughter are shipwrecked on an island.

In the Le Mans railway station, Oscar Ribouis is waiting for the connection that will lead him to Rennes, his home town. Feeling a bit thirsty, he...

Alexandre Mérital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frépeau, one of his opponents. The latter has...