Most Viewed From Pathé Frères

In Le cheveu délateur, a magician discovers the real identity of another character by the movement of a single hair, that, once animated,...

A man believes to have scared his perpetually agitated mother-in-law to death and goes out to buy her a nice wreath.

Simple line drawings undergoing the usual transformations so beloved of French filmmaker Emile Cohl.

Nick Winter solves the mystery of theft commited in a rentier's house.

An honest worker is made redundant, but he will solve his problems by marrying the employer's daughter.

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks...

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

An early account of Marat's murder, and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Charlotte Corday.

The Magistrate's Conscience - A drama from Pathé Frères.

Captivated by a vision of beckoning women, a man dives into the ocean, and soon finds himself walking on the ocean floor. After encountering numerous...

An old astronomer has been transfixed by a star for a long time. He had but one thought: to travel to it, to declare his love for it! But how? A...

A largely intact 1911 Australian film, produced by the Photo Vista Company for Pathe Freres; A drama about a miner who is swindled out of his gold...

This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of...

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

Electioneering does not go as planned.

A film from 1905 that playfully explores a reversal of physical gender characteristics and can be understood as part of the emerging discourse on...

In March, an ambitious film project titled 1905 was launched, and the 27-year-old Sergei Eisenstein was called on to direct it. The idea was to...

The film shows a comedic scene set during a popular festival, where several men try to climb a tall, slippery pole (called a "mat de cocagne") to...