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.

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

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

French silent film by Abel Gance. Considered lost.

La digue is a 1911 silent film

A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in...

Le portrait de Mireille is a 1909 short film

A journalist attempt to stop a mysterious criminal : "Barbe rousse".

L'infirmière is a 1914 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...

L'héroïsme de Paddy is a 1915 silent film

Le périscope is a 1928 film

Le fou de la falaise is a 1916 silent film

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...

French documentary short film.

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