Renée Carl
Biography: Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires. In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard. Selected filmography
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 10, 1875
Deathday: July 31, 1954
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Pépé le Moko
1937-01-28
Pépé le Moko
Overview: Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1937-01-28
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La conquête d'Aurélia
1912-05-10
La conquête d'Aurélia
Overview: 1912 short French film written and directed by Léonce Perret.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-05-10
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Le Bas de laine
1911-01-01
Le Bas de laine
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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La Souris blanche
1911-01-01
La Souris blanche
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est that Feuillade did in which people were shown as they really are and not as they ought to have been. This one is about Hypocrisy
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Le poison
1911-01-01
Le poison
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Les Braves Gens
1912-01-01
Les Braves Gens
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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A General Strike
1911-01-01
A General Strike
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Le Mariage de l'aînée
1911-01-01
Le Mariage de l'aînée
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Tant que vous serez heureux
1911-01-01
Tant que vous serez heureux
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Le Chef-lieu de canton
1911-01-01
Le Chef-lieu de canton
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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Le Pont sur l'abîme
1912-01-01
Le Pont sur l'abîme
Overview: Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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The Dwarf
1912-09-12
The Dwarf
Overview: A manuscript delivered to a playhouse is eventually turned into a major hit with critics and audience alike. The only problem is that no one knows who wrote it. The actress of the play receives a call from the author and the two quickly becomes friends, but the man won't give any details about himself- He has a secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-09-12
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The Defect
1911-10-01
The Defect
Overview: LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the dance hall recognizes her picture, he attempts to blackmail her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-10-01
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The Trust, or The Battles for Money
1911-11-09
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
Overview: A young inventor is kidnapped to force him to tell the secret of his invention, but he foils his captors thanks to a pen with invisible ink.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-11-09
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Custody of the Child
1909-07-25
Custody of the Child
Overview: Melodrama about a rich father who gains custody of his child while the mother goes off in tears. Of course, the child is miserable even though he has everything in the world but after a weekend trip at his poor mother's house, the child realizes that money isn't everything and he has to convince the father that his money is evil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-07-25
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Bébé apache
1910-12-24
Bébé apache
Overview: Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and bringing them into a trap.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-12-24
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The Heart and the Money
1912-08-23
The Heart and the Money
Overview: The innkeeper's daughter is in love, but her mother has already decided that she is going to be married to another man.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-08-23
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The Obsession
1912-10-16
The Obsession
Overview: A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her husband (Rene Navarre) but history buffs will know who it is as it's April 10, 1912 and the husband is about to board the Titanic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-10-16
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Le fils de Locuste
1911-03-10
Le fils de Locuste
Overview: The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-03-10
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A Very Fine Lady
1908-10-07
A Very Fine Lady
Overview: Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walks though the streets of Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-10-07
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The Nativity
1910-11-11
The Nativity
Overview: A silent French film depicting the story of the nativity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-11-11
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The Open Eyes
1913-02-14
The Open Eyes
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-02-14
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Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1935-01-01
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
Overview: In 1907, the Gaumont Films company in France made a slapstick comedy (silent, of course) with a title that would translate from the French as 'A gentleman who ate some bull'. Eugene Deslow got hold of that film and added an introduction plus a soundtrack, the latter consisting of commentary narrated by the single-named actor Bétove.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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La trouvaille de Bébé
1910-12-16
La trouvaille de Bébé
Overview: Directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-12-16
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Le Festin de Balthazar
1910-02-20
Le Festin de Balthazar
Overview: A historical short film inspired by the Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-02-20
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André Chénier
1910-02-06
André Chénier
Overview: The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-02-06
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L'Intruse
1913-01-01
L'Intruse
Overview: A child is kidnapped and forced to sell flowers on the street.
Genres: Family Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-01
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Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
1912-12-13
Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
Overview: After returning from the circus, Bout-de-Zan starts doing acrobatic tricks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-13
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Les Larmes de Colette
1926-01-01
Les Larmes de Colette
Overview: After the divorce of her parents, Colette gets sent to her grandfather's who she never really knows. Mrs. Lapierre, her new governess is very severe indeed. Later, due to their disputes, Colette runs away from home and gets sick.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
1913-10-01
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
Overview: One night, Bout-de-Zan finds a wanderer and shares his bed to him. The next morning there is a general panic among the servants...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-10-01
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The Huguenot
1909-01-02
The Huguenot
Overview: Directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-01-02
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Les Misérables
1925-11-24
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1925-11-24
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Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
1912-08-30
Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
Overview: At the front, Bébé meets two Russian soldiers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-30
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The Dungeon
1912-10-01
The Dungeon
Overview: A newly married couple moves into a house. But the bride disappears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-01
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Life As It Is
1911-01-01
Life As It Is
Overview: A beginning of a series of films directed by Louis Feuillade from 1911-1913
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-01-01
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The Vipers
1911-01-02
The Vipers
Overview: Directed by Louis Feuillade. Part of the 'Life As It Is' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-02
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The Agony of Byzantium
1913-10-24
The Agony of Byzantium
Overview: The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, an event that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-10-24
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Fantômas
1913-05-09
Fantômas
Overview: A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless persecution.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-05-09
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La maison des lions
1912-04-04
La maison des lions
Overview: Madam Berre, the widow of an African traveler, has a lion and two lionesses in her conservatory. Fred, a servant who abuses her beasts, is sent away by her. Under the pretense of haven forgotten his hat, he comes back while Mrs. Berre receives guests that evening and takes his revenge.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-04-04
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Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
1913-05-02
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
Overview: Bout de Zan is a young boy by description and a petty thief by vocation. In this short, he does indeed steal an elephant from a circus, parading it around town and using it to beg for money. Due to their rambunctiousness, Bout de Zan and the elephant (!) need saving from the authorities.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-05-02
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La cassette de l'émigrée
1912-05-01
La cassette de l'émigrée
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-05-01
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The Legend of the Spinner
1908-03-12
The Legend of the Spinner
Overview: The goddess Minerva is jealous of the young Arachne who is more clever it in weaving. Out of spite, Arachne Minerva rushed into hell, then transforms into a spider that will forever spinning its web.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-03-12
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The Legend of the Spinner
1908-03-12
The Legend of the Spinner
Overview: The goddess Minerva is jealous of the young Arachne who is more clever it in weaving. Out of spite, Arachne Minerva rushed into hell, then transforms into a spider that will forever spinning its web.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-03-12
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La vengeance du sergent de la ville
1913-01-31
La vengeance du sergent de la ville
Overview: A police sergeant’s late night horn playing dismays neighbors in his apartment house, leading to marital discord, hysteria and a bizarre form of psycho-therapy involving a body double.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-01-31
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L'hôtel du silence
1908-10-10
L'hôtel du silence
Overview: A haunted-hotel film, reviving a joke from a 1900 comic strip showing a sleeper being ejected from an electric bed.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-10-10
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Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
1909-11-08
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
Overview: Framed in a wreath of roses we see a lithe Creek dancer, who sways and postures before an epicurean party of ancients, followed by a laurel wreath and encircling a scene showing school children of 1830 receiving their marks of diligence at a distribution of rewards: then the wreath of bay tendered by the Human Senators to Caesar on the culmination of his career; now a beggar receives a loaf called a "crown" from a charitable passerby: Christ is shown crowned with thorns by the rabble; following the divine drama we see the old comedian's wreath presented him at a performance. The next view shows the Emperor Charlemagne crowning his son Lewis. The film closes with the wreath of orange blossoms encircling a bridal party.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-11-08
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The Colonel's Account
1907-07-23
The Colonel's Account
Overview: This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane old coot, he runs amok acting out his war-time heroics--smashing and throwing everything in the room!
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1907-07-23
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Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
1912-01-01
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
Overview: A short from Feuillade's Bébé series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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A Race for Millions
1912-12-13
A Race for Millions
Overview: If an old man's niece does not claim her inheritance at the notary's office by the appointed time, his fortune will go to his housekeeper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-13
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The Cavalry
1914-01-01
The Cavalry
Overview: A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-01
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The Fault of Another
1910-12-02
The Fault of Another
Overview: A silent short film directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-12-02
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In the Land of Lions
1912-05-15
In the Land of Lions
Overview: A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-15
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Cursed Be the War
1910-05-01
Cursed Be the War
Overview: A short silent film about war
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-05-01
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Le monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
1909-05-03
Le monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
Overview: At a dinner party, a hostess serves her guests a dish made using meat from a bull. While most of them enjoy the meal, one man has a strange reaction: Taking a set of horns off the wall, he attaches them to his head and sets off on a rampage. After destroying the house and terrifying his hostess, her guests, maid, and neighbours, he takes to the streets. The police sends a telegraph to Spain asking for help, and in response a parade of matadors arrive in Paris, ready to slay the crazy beast-man. However, soon after the man-bull fight begins, the errant guest comes to his senses and is taken into custody by waiting policemen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-05-03
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Esther
1910-05-02
Esther
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-05-02
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Jephté's Daughter
1910-07-15
Jephté's Daughter
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-07-15
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Judith and Holophernes
1909-06-14
Judith and Holophernes
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-06-14
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The Exodus
1910-09-01
The Exodus
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-09-01
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The Seven Deadly Sins
1910-09-23
The Seven Deadly Sins
Overview: A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-09-23
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The Guardian of Camargue
1910-01-01
The Guardian of Camargue
Overview: This charming short film was shot in the Camargue, probably in the same place where Jean Durand filmed his cowboy movies. The plot is very simple. A guardian falls in love with a Parisian. Desperate, he commits suicide when she returns to the capital. But, as always with Perret, we appreciate the framing, the skilful use of the exteriors and the documentary side of life of the time. We see the young Arlesianas in traditional dress go out to collect almonds and return with their baskets to the city. The actor in the role of the guardian overreacts, imitating bombastic despair. But the finale, in which he rides a horse through the waves to find the rest of death, preserves its charm intact. Perret knows how to set the rhythm of a sequence and give it the necessary atmosphere.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-01-01
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The Toledo Chest
1914-08-01
The Toledo Chest
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-08-01
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The Living Dead
1912-02-23
The Living Dead
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-02-23
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The Bachelor Girl
1923-09-01
The Bachelor Girl
Overview: Monique is an ingenue, a clueless girl who believes in true love. A marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers that her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1923-09-01
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L'accident
1912-04-19
L'accident
Overview: On his way to visit his mistress, a man has a serious car accident. His wife cares for him with such devotion that he rediscovers his love for her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-04-19
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L’aventurière
1910-10-14
L’aventurière
Overview: Having faked an automobile accident, an adventuress is taken into the home of a "ganadero" (a landowner of the Camargue), whom she seduces. Her intention is to steal, with the aid of an accomplice, a cheque which represents the proceeds of a sale of cattle. Her plan is foiled however, thanks to the dedication of the ganadero’s young secretary. Entirely shot on location in the Camargue, this is one of the earliest of Feuillade’s surviving films clearly to demonstrate his predilection for systematically mixing documentary and fiction — though the idea seems already to have been evident in the films he shot in Britanny during the summer of 1909, for example La Légende des phares. Unfortunately none of these films has survived complete.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-10-14
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The Seneschal's Diamond
1914-02-20
The Seneschal's Diamond
Overview: A prominent woman has a very valuable diamond for which she accepts an offer from a jeweler. Two scoundrels plot to rob her of the diamond before she can part with it. They waylay her and carry her off to a house where they demand from her the diamond. With a smile she shows them the receipt for a registered package as she had deemed it safer to send it by this means. Later she takes them off their guard and escapes. An exciting automobile chase now takes place, ending with the car in which the would-be diamond robbers are seated being hurled over the cliff to destruction.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-02-20
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The Wagon Child
1914-03-21
The Wagon Child
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-03-21
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L'aviateur masqué
1922-01-08
L'aviateur masqué
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-01-08
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The Legend of Prometheus
1908-09-07
The Legend of Prometheus
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1908-09-07
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Bébé a le béguin
1911-05-01
Bébé a le béguin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-05-01
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The Fate of Mothers
1912-01-19
The Fate of Mothers
Overview: Part of Feuillade's 'Life As It Is' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1912-01-19
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At the Hour of Dawn
1914-04-04
At the Hour of Dawn
Overview: When a bandit captures a medieval Italian city, he imprisons and threatens to execute the betrothed of the city's absent ruler, who must return in time to rescue his beloved and save the city.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-04-04
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Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
1914-01-16
Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
Overview: Some amateur players rehearse a crime play in the apartment of one of the company. Bout-de-Zan connects the telephone to the room of the concierge, who thinks that a crime is being committed in her lodging house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-01-16
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Bébé Corrects His Father
1911-11-10
Bébé Corrects His Father
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1911-11-10
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Severo Torelli
1914-05-15
Severo Torelli
Overview: Pisa, 1494. Young Severo, who has sworn to stab the tyrant in his town, learns that it is his own father.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1914-05-15
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The Shipwreck
1909-01-01
The Shipwreck
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-01-01
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The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
1909-09-28
The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1909-09-28
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Thaïs
1911-02-17
Thaïs
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-02-17
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Baby Fisherman
1910-12-30
Baby Fisherman
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-12-30
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Bébé nègre
1911-01-20
Bébé nègre
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1911-01-20
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Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910-02-27
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1910-02-27
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The Secret of Forçat
1913-03-14
The Secret of Forçat
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1913-03-14
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Bébé veut payer ses dettes
1912-01-01
Bébé veut payer ses dettes
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge
1912-01-01
Bébé n’aime pas sa concierge
Overview: From the Bébé series. Bébé plays tricks on his concierge
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1912-01-01
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Le suicide de Bébé
1912-01-10
Le suicide de Bébé
Overview: The atmosphere in the living-room of Bébé's parents living-room is peaceful. Bébé is reading a children's book and his father the newspaper while Madam is playing the piano. Peaceful at least until the maid comes in and gives Bébé's mother a document that makes her wince. Her husband takes notice of the paper and realizes it is an invoice from a clothes shop, whose amount gives him vertigo. Beside himself one more time, he starts one of those quarrels Bébé is fed up with. When his exasperated mother decides to leave home, Bébé has no other solution but to kill himself, or rather to simulate suicide, in order to reunite his parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-10
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