Albert Capellani Movies

  • 1910
    The Escape from the Tuileries

    The Escape from the Tuileries

    The Escape from the Tuileries

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    The Count of Champcenetz is governor of the Palace of the Tuileries. His mistress Grace Elliott, a young widow, begs him not to go the Palace where...

    The Escape from the Tuileries
  • 1911
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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    Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy street dancer, arouses the desire of men, especially of Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of Notre Dame. The latter asks...

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • 1908
    The Vestal

    The Vestal

    The Vestal

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    A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is...

    The Vestal
  • 1905
    Le Chemineau

    Le Chemineau

    Le Chemineau

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    An adaptation of an episode in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, where Jean Valjean is welcomed into the Bishop of Digne's home, and steals his...

    Le Chemineau
  • 1912
    Le signalement

    Le signalement

    Le signalement

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    A insane child killer is loose! He finds a place to hide. A home where a little girl and an infant are alone.....

    Le signalement
  • 1913
    The Siren

    The Siren

    The Siren

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    La Glu tells the story of a woman, separated from her husband, and of evil reputation, who at a summer resort tries to capture the fortune of a...

    The Siren
  • 1913
    Le Nabab

    Le Nabab

    Le Nabab

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    Bernard Jeansoulet supports his brother Louis and his mother through his work. Louis finds a job in Paris, where he gets carried away by the...

    Le Nabab
  • 1911
    The Terror

    The Terror

    The Terror

    6.51911HD

    An actress returns from the theatre and discovers her apartment has been burglarized; she lights a cigarette and the room catches fire; the burglar...

    The Terror
  • 1906
    Poor Mother

    Poor Mother

    Poor Mother

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    A woman loses her only child. She turns to drink and begins to hallucinate an image of her beloved child.

    Poor Mother
  • 1916
    The Feast of Life

    The Feast of Life

    The Feast of Life

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    Aurora Fernandez, a poor Cuban girl, is persuaded against her will to become betrothed to Don Armada, a wealthy Cuban. She loves Pedro, a young...

    The Feast of Life
  • 1915
    Camille

    Camille

    Camille

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    Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his...

    Camille
  • 1908
    Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

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    Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.

    Samson and Delilah
  • 1908
    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    Don Juan

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    Pathé's version of José Zorrilla's play, Don Juan Tenorio.

    Don Juan
  • 1912
    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

    Manon Lescaut

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    Seventeen-year-old Des Grieux, studying philosophy at Amiens, comes from a noble and landed family, but forfeits his hereditary wealth and incurs the...

    Manon Lescaut
  • 1915
    The Face in the Moonlight

    The Face in the Moonlight

    The Face in the Moonlight

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    The Face in the Moonlight
  • 1914
    The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

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    The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the...

    The Reign of Terror
  • 1906
    Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp

    Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp

    Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp

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    The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an...

    Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp
  • 1907
    Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

    Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

    Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

    6.21907HD

    This is a compact telling of the Cinderella fairy tale and the film is elaborately staged.

    Cinderella or the Glass Slipper
  • 1922
    The Young Diana

    The Young Diana

    The Young Diana

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    Mr. May wants his daughter Diana to marry into society. The man he wishes her to wed is a scientist, Dr. Dimitrius, but Diana is in love with an...

    The Young Diana
  • 1909
    Motherless

    Motherless

    Motherless

    91909HD

    Yet another film adaptation of the renown 1874 French play "The Two Orphans" (Les Deux Orphelines) by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon,...

    Motherless