Henri Étiévant

Primera película sonora sobre la vida de Jesús. En este caso, y siguiendo los pasajes del Evangelio, se pretende investigar el motivo que lo llevó al Calvario, incidiendo para ello en el sorprendente protagonismo del Sanedrín

French-language version of Howard Hawks' The Crowd Roars (1932): A race car driver vies with his younger brother, who he'd hoped to keep away from the track, both in competition and for a girl who hangs out with the men. Tragedy results.

A man is engaged to be married.But after getting a phone call from a wronged woman who wants revenge on her husband, he lands up consoling her in bed, and then consoling the mistress of the husband as well.

Severo, un rico parisino, quiere divorciarse de su esposa para poder casarse con su ahijada, pero ésta a su vez está enamorada de un empleado de Severo, que a causa de los celos lo envía a las Antillas, para que prospeccione unas tierras que acaba de adquirir...

Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite the opposition of his family and friends. In anger his son Peter leaves home to enlist, while Grietje takes up her residence in another cottage. Six years pass, during which Grietje becomes acquainted with Minna's daughter Dina. Peter falls ill in Sumatra, but after falling in love with Dina, through the medium of photographs, he recovers and is drafted home again to Holland. He meets Dina and the two find that they truly love.

Un anciano hidalgo, confinado en su caserón de La Mancha, donde pasa el tiempo leyendo novelas de caballerías, tiene la cabeza tan vuelta que pronto quiere hacer el papel de sus héroes, liberar a las princesas oprimidas y castigar a los traidores.

The rebellion of 1832 is on. There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his life, joins the mob and becomes a fighter in the ranks of the insurgents.

The Thenardiers and their small daughter, Eponine, and young son, Gavroche, are seen at their dingy country tavern. Here little Cosette, the daughter of Fantine, is seen performing drudgery and menial tasks. The Thenardiers are treating their own children kindly, but are cruel to Cosette.

Jean Valjean, guilty of a minor theft of food, is pursued and hounded for years by a relentless lawman, Javert.

The story begins with Jean Valjean as a humble worker endeavoring to provide for his invalid mother. They live in a squalid home, made more wretched by his inability to provide sufficient food. He goes out in search of work, but is unsuccessful. Finally, in desperation, he steals a loaf of bread regardless of consequences. He hastens home with it, pursued by a crowd, and gives it to his mother. Valjean is arrested for the theft and sentenced to five years at hard labor.

Directed by Albert Capellani.

Para ganarse el favor de la reina María Antonieta, que se ha distanciado de él, el cardenal de Rohan se deja embaucar por una intrigante, la condesa de la Motte. Creyendo que la reina anhela un collar por valor de 1.600.000 libras, lo adquiere y se lo entrega a la condesa de la Motte, que se ha valido de un mujer que tiene un rostro muy parecido a la reina para engañar al cardenal. Basado en un hecho real histórico.

Directed by Albert Capellani.

Maxime Vermont tries to get a financial help from his father-in-law, to no avail. Deeply indebted, Maxime attempts to kill his father-in-law so that he could make quick money.

Story set in the Middle Ages. A page and the daughter of a baron want to marry each other against the will of her father, who wants his daughter to marry another man. A sorceress predicts the future for the couple and provides the page with a bottle of poison for the other marriage candidate, which almost falls into the wrong hands.

The incidents in this picture took place in 1803-4, when Napoleon was First Consul. In August, 1803, Napoleon discovered a conspiracy hatched in England in which three Englishmen were implicated; The aim of the conspirators was to restore to the throne of France one of the Bourbons.