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Young Werther falls in love with Charlotte, Albert's fiancée. After the wedding, Charlotte still resists Werther's love and the latter decides to shoot himself with Albert's gun.
Werther
1910
Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations.
Les Travailleurs de la mer
1918
The romantic drama based on the play of the same name, depicting the life of a 17th-century French courtesan.
Marion de Lorme
1918
9.0“The Queen of Judah has gained her throne by eliminating the Royal Princes, but one is still alive and protected by the high priest. In a dream the Queen sees the young Prince as a king. She orders an assault on the Temple but when the Priest draws back a curtain to reveal the child king on his throne, she rushes from the scene believing it to be the fulfilment of her dream (incomplete).” - BFI.
Athalie
1910
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Corsican Brothers
1917
No synopsis available yet.
L'écharpe
1911
Film credits
1910s · 8 titles
Young Werther falls in love with Charlotte, Albert's fiancée. After the wedding, Charlotte still resists Werther's love and the latter decides to shoot himself with Albert's gun.
Werther
1910
Adapted from Hugo's eponym novel, the story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whomever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows both his physical trials and tribulations.
Les Travailleurs de la mer
1918
The romantic drama based on the play of the same name, depicting the life of a 17th-century French courtesan.
Marion de Lorme
1918
9.0“The Queen of Judah has gained her throne by eliminating the Royal Princes, but one is still alive and protected by the high priest. In a dream the Queen sees the young Prince as a king. She orders an assault on the Temple but when the Priest draws back a curtain to reveal the child king on his throne, she rushes from the scene believing it to be the fulfilment of her dream (incomplete).” - BFI.
Athalie
1910
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Corsican Brothers
1917
No synopsis available yet.
L'écharpe
1911
An early adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's landmark 1896 novel, Quo Vadis?
Au temps des premiers chrétiens
1910
The adventures of D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
1912
1900s · 3 titles
8.0The young Edward V, King of England, enters London where he is crowned. But the king's uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, eager to come to the throne, contemplates the loss of the young king and his brother. He therefore had them declared bastards and locked them up in the Tower of London. The Duke of Buckingham and the king's supporters help the two prisoners escape. They are recaptured and delivered to the assassins. Gloucester usurps the crown. But mortally wounded in the war, he succumbs, prey to the remorse awakened in his conscience by the vision of his victims.
The Children of Edward IV
1909
The Count of Féredia, ex-officer of the Spanish army and prisoner of war, gains the favors of a young woman whose jealous husband spies relentlessly on their conduct. An adaptation of the Balzac story.
The Great Breach
1909
This film depicts the Biblical scenes when Joseph is sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt, where he finally landed in jail. He explains to his fellow-prisoners their dreams saying one will go free while the other will hang. His predictions come true. the King has some dreams which he wanted to have explained, and he had Joseph brought before him. Joseph explained his dreams and was made Governor.
Joseph Sold by his Brothers
1904

