Directing
Gaston Ravel
Born — Died
1878-10-28 — 1958-02-24
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Directing
Credits
29 titles
Known for
Following her father's advice, Hélène Haviland (Sandra Milovanoff) accepts the marriage proposal of Fellaire de Sizac (Abel Tarride). Later she finds Dr. Groult (Henri Fabert), one of their friends, trying to kill her husband by poisoning slowly over a long period of time. It's painful but she keeps silence...
Jocaste
1925
7.0The film displays Madame Récamier 's conflict with Napoleon. Twice she was pressed to become one of the Empress's ladies. In revenge for her refusal Napoleon declined to save her husband from ruin.
Madame Récamier
1928
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La straniera
1930
9.0A beautiful and serious woman renounces the love that inspires her Gerard, a man younger than her. Later, Gerard having become blind, she takes the place of the nurse, then confesses her identity to the cripple who opens his arms to her.
Le Rosaire
1934
10.0In a luxury hotel, a gathering of foreign high society people attend a wedding lunch. By the end of the feast a dramatic turn of events occurs : on the time of leaving the groom realizes that his newly married wife has... disappeared ! One morning, some time later, he meets her again at the Bois de Boulogne. She tells him everything about her strange attitude: she needed to be married to be able to have access to her husband's money. With this money, she managed to avenge her mother.
The stranger
1931
9.0After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...
Fanatisme
1934
Behind the camera
Following her father's advice, Hélène Haviland (Sandra Milovanoff) accepts the marriage proposal of Fellaire de Sizac (Abel Tarride). Later she finds Dr. Groult (Henri Fabert), one of their friends, trying to kill her husband by poisoning slowly over a long period of time. It's painful but she keeps silence...
Jocaste
1925
Following her father's advice, Hélène Haviland (Sandra Milovanoff) accepts the marriage proposal of Fellaire de Sizac (Abel Tarride). Later she finds Dr. Groult (Henri Fabert), one of their friends, trying to kill her husband by poisoning slowly over a long period of time. It's painful but she keeps silence...
Jocaste
1925
7.0The film displays Madame Récamier 's conflict with Napoleon. Twice she was pressed to become one of the Empress's ladies. In revenge for her refusal Napoleon declined to save her husband from ruin.
Madame Récamier
1928
9.0No synopsis available yet.
La straniera
1930
9.0A beautiful and serious woman renounces the love that inspires her Gerard, a man younger than her. Later, Gerard having become blind, she takes the place of the nurse, then confesses her identity to the cripple who opens his arms to her.
Le Rosaire
1934
10.0In a luxury hotel, a gathering of foreign high society people attend a wedding lunch. By the end of the feast a dramatic turn of events occurs : on the time of leaving the groom realizes that his newly married wife has... disappeared ! One morning, some time later, he meets her again at the Bois de Boulogne. She tells him everything about her strange attitude: she needed to be married to be able to have access to her husband's money. With this money, she managed to avenge her mother.
The stranger
1931
9.0After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...
Fanatisme
1934
8.5"The Stranger" is Mrs. Clarkson, the wife of a wealthy American. Mrs. Clarkson has entered into matrimony for the express purpose of accumulating a great deal of money. No, she isn't a spendthrift: She hopes to use the cash to finance a campaign of revenge, levelled against the man who ruined her mother.
The Stranger
1931
10.0An adaptation of the first part of Balzac's History of the Thirteen, centered on the secret society of the Thirteen and helmed by René Navarre in the titular role of the former convict who became a sublime father.
Ferragus
1923
8.0Adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's novel 'The Queen's Necklace' which portrays the Affair of the Diamond Necklace which occurred before the French Revolution.
The Queen's Necklace
1929
Short romantic comedy starring Musidora as a capricious woman.
Triple entente
1915
No synopsis available yet.
Le gardien du feu
1924
No synopsis available yet.
Monsieur Pinson policier
1916
No synopsis available yet.
Monsieur Pinson policier
1916
Two young lovers. An arranged marriage. An older groom. The lovers develop a plan to convince the groom that she is unworthy and also to discredit him. A surprise ending convinces the father that he should bless the lovers' marriage.
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
1932
10.0Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money, but her fiance has left.After getting her godfather's permission for a "white wedding," she realizes she loves the godfather instead.
Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau
1926
10.0Jacques Chauvry, the new government delegate for a French protectorate in Cambodia, meets the young Soun who, due to a series of circumstances, will become heir to land that houses a large oil field. Tao , an evil mestizo, along with his minions, tries to get hold of these lands, terrorizing the locals by appearing disguised as the "spirit of evil".
Tao
1923
The patriotic melodrama, set during WWI, revolves around a thief played by René Navarre.
The Great Breath
1915
6.6The story of a how a love-struck young man eventually wins over an initially reluctant woman, charmingly told in shots that depict only their hands and feet.
Feet and Hands
1915
7.0A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
Figaro
1929
7.0A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.
Figaro
1929
The film is based on the theatrical work of Alfred de Musset of the same name. In this version, Lysiane Bernhardt (daughter of Sarah Bernhardt) plays the role of Camille.
On ne badine pas avec l'amour
1924
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Le Fauteuil 47
1926
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Le Fauteuil 47
1926
7.0No synopsis available yet.
L'instinct est maître
1917
No synopsis available yet.
Le bonheur du jour
1927
No synopsis available yet.
La maison d'argile
1918
No synopsis available yet.
A Gentleman of the Ring
1926
This 1914 War patriotic melodrama tells the story of reconciliation between the remarried woman and her son.
The Other Victory
1914
