Acting
One of the longest films ever made
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Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions. Under the influence of Fourier's ideas, Froment tries to turn the mill into a workers' co-operative.
A tragedy about the immoral love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseut/Isolde. It depicts Tristan's mission to escort Iseult from Ireland to Cornwall to marry his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. On the journey, Tristan and Iseult ingest a love potion, which instigates a forbidden love affair between them.
An eight part ciné-novel (episodic film) set during the French Revolution, telling the story of the Dauphin's childhood in Versailles, his life at the Conciergerie during the Revolution, and his untimely death.
The film, shot in Nice, was started by Jean Epstein, and the editing finished by Maurice Mariaud, who had just shot The Adventurer
In Paimpol, Gaud Mévél, a shipowner's daughter raised in Paris, falls in love with the sailor Yann Gaos, who chooses to ignore her because of their different social standing. As soon as he learns she is ruined, he marries her. A few days later, he leaves for Iceland, never to return.
French silent film by Abel Gance. Considered lost.
