Directing

Gaston Ravel

Born — Died

1878-10-28 — 1958-02-24

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Known for

No artwork available
7.0

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

Madame Récamier poster
7.0

The 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

La straniera poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La straniera

1930

Le Rosaire poster
9.0

A 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

The stranger poster
10.0

In 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

Fanatisme poster
9.0

After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...

Fanatisme

1934

Behind the camera

No artwork available
7.0

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

No artwork available
7.0

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

Madame Récamier poster
7.0

The 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

La straniera poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La straniera

1930

Le Rosaire poster
9.0

A 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

The stranger poster
10.0

In 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

Fanatisme poster
9.0

After many difficulties, the seductive Italian dancer, Rosine Savelli, manages to clear herself of a plot hatched against Napoleon III...

Fanatisme

1934

The Stranger poster
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

Ferragus poster
10.0

An 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

The Queen's Necklace poster
8.0

Adaptation 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

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10.0

Short romantic comedy starring Musidora as a capricious woman.

Triple entente

1915

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10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le gardien du feu

1924

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Monsieur Pinson policier

1916

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7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Monsieur Pinson policier

1916

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7.0

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

Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau poster
10.0

Josette 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

Tao poster
10.0

Jacques 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

No artwork available
NR

The patriotic melodrama, set during WWI, revolves around a thief played by René Navarre.

The Great Breath

1915

Feet and Hands poster
6.6

The 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

Figaro poster
7.0

A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.

Figaro

1929

Figaro poster
7.0

A silent adaptation of the 1778 Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, with material also used from its two sequels.

Figaro

1929

No artwork available
7.0

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

Le Fauteuil 47 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Fauteuil 47

1926

Le Fauteuil 47 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Fauteuil 47

1926

L'instinct est maître poster
7.0

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L'instinct est maître

1917

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le bonheur du jour

1927

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La maison d'argile

1918

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gentleman of the Ring

1926

No artwork available
NR

This 1914 War patriotic melodrama tells the story of reconciliation between the remarried woman and her son.

The Other Victory

1914