Ferdinand Zecca Movies

A man is chased by ten women!

Apparently inspired by the antics of Harry Houdini, Slippery Jim opens in the office of a police commissioner to whom a rather cocky villain is...

A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot...

Using a blue tint to set the scene under the sea, this is a short, surprisingly violent film where two divers fight to the death with axes over some...

At an island penal institution, new prisoners are brought in one-by-one, and introduced to the harsh realities of prison life. They are put in...

Jesus enters the temple while the merchants are selling their wares. Jesus overturns the tables of the money lenders by showing them their error.

This picture describes the well-known biblical story of Samson and Delilah. The picture commences with Samson's visit to Gaza, a city of the...

A magician performs tricks with a chicken and eggs.

A 8-chapter ("tableaux") short film that tells the story of a gambler who ends his life on the guillotine.

A retired Nintendo champion comes to terms with his broken Nintendo Entertainment System in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005.

The opening of this remarkable and mysterious film brings into view a scene in a parlor, with two servants discussing the easiest way to hang four...

To fill their jars with water, a group of women gathered around the well. At one point comes Samaria, a woman known for her bad temper. Jesus appears...

Behind the elderly husband's back, the lovers kiss and go off together. But is he unaware of their actions. No! So she swears that her husband is mad...

To the modern viewer, it may seem peculiar that there are several movies in which a man sneaks a kiss off a young woman in a darkened railway car,...

A man with some sense of intestinal urgency needs to find the right door at a railroad station. He chooses... the wrong door.

The French short film recreates key moments from the Russian revolution of 1905 in Odessa.

An adaptation of the biblical story.

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.