The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster.

A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).

An 18-minute silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin Du Monde".

A stranger called Allan goes to the House of Usher. He is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives in the eerie house with his sick wife...

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his...

The life and work of Abel Gance as told by himself. Includes extracts from many of his films and considers his contribution to the cinema.

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.

Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she...

Blaise Cendrars' AUTOUR DE LA ROUE (1923), a behind-the-scenes short documenting the production.

Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both...