Philipe Guérande, a reporter working for the newspaper “The Paris Chronicle” who is investigating a criminal organisation called the Vampires, receives a telegram at work stating that the decapitated body of the national security agent in charge of the Vampire investigations, Inspector Durtal, was found in the swamps near Saint-Clement-Sur-Cher, with the head missing.
A very nice young man, Sylvain Renaud is "surrounded" by two bad guys who want to drag him into some very dirty business.
The Vampires, a criminal gang in Paris, terrorize the city with their secret crimes. They wear bat costumes and use various disguises, such as climbing walls and pumping gas through keyholes. A reporter, along with a count and a dancer, try to uncover the secret identities of the Vampires and stop their evil plans.
La Marseillaise is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Jean Renoir, depicting the French Revolution and the creation of the national anthem. It follows the journey of a group of patriots fighting for freedom and equality against the oppressive monarchy.
In 1930s France, a former soldier becomes entangled in a passionate love affair with a femme fatale, leading to tragedy and heartbreak.
Satire of publishing circles, featuring a ferocious boss, Moscat, a successful but handsome author, Maréchal, another successful but bitter author, Bourgine, a writer plagued with ambition, Brégaillon and the hero, Marc Fournier Zola Prize winner. Naive, the latter quickly becomes formidable, especially since his wife's infidelities have provided him with the material for a new novel.
The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.
Part of the series La Vie telle qu'elle est that Feuillade did in which people were shown as they really are and not as they ought to have been. This one is about Hypocrisy
Meg decides to commit suicide to escape the marriage to which her father intends her. She is saved by Jean-Pierre, another candidate for suicide, and Léon, a tramp who was just trying to reason with him. The trio then becomes inseparable and organizes a new life based on friendship and freedom.
Maryse blackmails her former lovers by threatening to mention their names in her memoirs. But a real blackmailer appears and cashes the checks for him.
Georges de Frileuse is a partier who inherits a castle and a ruby necklace when his aunt dies. On Twelfth Night, he invites a few friends over, but a series of mysterious figures arrive instead of them.
A 1912 crime film.
Count Fernand De Keramic plots against his niece in order to acquire her wealth to pay his debts.
Directed by Louis Feuillade. Part of the 'Life As It Is' series.
LA TARE is about Anna, a woman who is rescued from a Parisian dance hall to work in a charitable hospital. Over the years, she rises to become the head of the institution, but when an old habitué of the dance hall recognizes her picture, he attempts to blackmail her.