Ferdinand Zecca Movies

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

A drunk staggers into his apartment and falls asleep. He dreams he climbs to the top of a building and flies to the moon, then falls back to earth....

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

Max causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.

A young woman receives a message, and hurriedly leaves home. But the message was a trick to lure her into a trap, where she is assaulted and killed....

Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet...

A peasant refuses to help a poor old woman to carry a bundle of wood. The old woman transforms to a beautiful fairy seated in a magnificent chariot...

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

Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.

A hapless man tries to get undressed only to find himself magically layered in even more clothes.

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

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 oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive...

In Paris, freed by criminal hands, several barrels roll down an endless slope, dragging everything and everyone in their path.

This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

Stencil-coloured version of Segundo de Chomón's Les roses magiques (1906).

A diver jumps into a body of water-- and then comes right back out! This film should not be confused with Segundo de Chomón's remake "Plongeur...

A man with some sense of intestinal urgency needs to find the right door at a railroad station. He chooses... the wrong door.

An opium smoker intoxicated by this poison, falls asleep and dreams that he is in prison.