Abel Gance Movies

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.

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

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

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

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...

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...

One of the most popular melodrama films directed by Abel Gance. A paranoide, fanatical and obsessively jealous husband obducts his own son to bully...

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

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

Vénus aveugle (Blind Venus) is a 1941 French film melodrama, directed by Abel Gance, and one of the first films to be undertaken in France...

Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor, a composer who leads a bohemian lifestyle with his friends, who are artists...

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

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

Marines et cristeaux is a silent film from 1928

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

La digue is a 1911 silent film

A portmanteau work in four segments,designed to illustrate the expressive possibilities of director Abel Gance,s creation, Polyvision, which preceded...