Albert Capellani Movies

  • 1913
    The Absentee

    The Absentee

    The Absentee

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    Dries, a farmer and a widower, lives with his mother-in-law Grietje and his son Peter. He falls in love with Minna, a widow, and marries her despite...

    The Absentee
  • 1908
    Puss in Boots

    Puss in Boots

    Puss in Boots

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    The miller's three sons receive their father's inheritance: the mill to the eldest, the donkey to the second, and the cat to the youngest. The two...

    Puss in Boots
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1907
    The Talisman

    The Talisman

    The Talisman

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    "Le Pied de Mouton" is an adaptation of an old French stage play titled "The Talisman" written by Alphonse Martainville and César...

    The Talisman
  • 1906
    Passionate Drama

    Passionate Drama

    Passionate Drama

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    A man and a woman meet in a park in Paris and fall in love with each other. Four years later, they have a daughter, but the man is bored and decides...

    Passionate Drama
  • 1911
    Bread for the Birds

    Bread for the Birds

    Bread for the Birds

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    Like Max Ophüls, Capellani set many films in the theatre – backstage, on stage, in the public eye; Here is a rags-to-riches story of a...

    Bread for the Birds
  • 1919
    The Virtuous Model

    The Virtuous Model

    The Virtuous Model

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    Denise Fleury supports her invalid mother in the Montmartre slums by making artificial flowers in a factory. When she loses her job, Denise is...

    The Virtuous Model
  • 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
  • 1918
    The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

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    Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th...

    The House of Mirth
  • 1913
    Les Misérables - Part 4: Cosette and Marius

    Les Misérables - Part 4: Cosette and Marius

    Les Misérables - Part 4: Cosette and Marius

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    The rebellion of 1832 is on. There is rioting and barricading in the streets. Marius in despair, and in the hope that a bullet will soon end his...

    Les Misérables - Part 4: Cosette and Marius
  • 1915
    The Flash of an Emerald

    The Flash of an Emerald

    The Flash of an Emerald

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    The picture starts with Robert Warwick walking into the office of director Albert Capellani (the film's actual director). Capellani offers him the...

    The Flash of an Emerald
  • 1908
    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

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    An old merchant gets lost in the forest and arrives at a magnificent garden where he sits and picks some magnificent roses. Suddenly, the hideous...

    Beauty and the Beast
  • 1912
    The End of Robespierre

    The End of Robespierre

    The End of Robespierre

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    This film is not exceedingly well acted, but has the additional charm of being taken from the actual history of the man whose personality dominated...

    The End of Robespierre
  • 1911
    Le courrier de Lyon

    Le courrier de Lyon

    Le courrier de Lyon

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    Directed by Albert Capellani.

    Le courrier de Lyon
  • 1909
    Motherless

    Motherless

    Motherless

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

    Motherless
  • 1908
    Don Juan

    Don Juan

    Don Juan

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

    Don Juan
  • 1908
    Beatrice Cenci

    Beatrice Cenci

    Beatrice Cenci

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    This picture is an illustration of the story of Beatrice Cenci, the young woman who planned the murder of her guardian, in Rome, in the year of 1599.

    Beatrice Cenci
  • 1910
    Les deux orphelines

    Les deux orphelines

    Les deux orphelines

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    The story of two orphaned girls.

    Les deux orphelines
  • 1906
    The Age of the Heart

    The Age of the Heart

    The Age of the Heart

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    An old general is married to a young woman. She meets a young man and makes plans for a rendezvous. The general receives an anonymous letter about...

    The Age of the Heart