André de Lorde

Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?

The spahi Jean Peyral is very in love with the flirtatious Cora. When he realizes that she betrays him, he tries to kill himself. He is saved by the tenderness of a young native, Fatou.

A man who suffers from the delirium of persecution and to the point of trying to strangle his wife is interned. His brother, needing his signature for his own business, gets him out of the asylum with the complicity of a false magistrate and against the advice of the doctor.

A deceived husband asks his priest to bring back the frivolous wife.

A woman enters a police station at night to ask the commissioner to help her get rid of her dead lover's body to protect her honor.

A woman enters a police station at night to ask the commissioner to help her get rid of her dead lover's body to protect her honor.

A man does not know what fear is. His good friend dares him to spend one night in a scary place. A house of wax will get the job done.

Baseado num dos contos fantásticos de Edgar Allan Poe. O visitante de um asilo para loucos encontra dificuldades em distinguir os médicos dos pacientes.

Baseado num dos contos fantásticos de Edgar Allan Poe. O visitante de um asilo para loucos encontra dificuldades em distinguir os médicos dos pacientes.

Two thugs conk the proprietor of a bistro on the head and drag him downstairs to the cellar where he stores his wine. While they plot the next step of whatever they are doing, two gendarmes come in to finish their meal. Running short of wine, one heads down to the cellar.

Uma gangue de ladrões atrai um homem para fora de sua casa para que eles possam roubá-la e ameaçar sua esposa e filhos. A família se entrincheira em uma sala interna, mas os criminosos estão bem preparados para arrombar. Quando o pai descobre o que está acontecendo, ele precisa correr contra o tempo para voltar para casa.

In all likeliness an inspiration for Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909), Terrible Anguish tells the brief and tragic tale of a family being torn apart while the husband is away at work.

In all likeliness an inspiration for Griffith's The Lonely Villa (1909), Terrible Anguish tells the brief and tragic tale of a family being torn apart while the husband is away at work.