Genica Missirio

Napoleon (1927)

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Albert Dieudonné  •  Vladimir Roudenko  •  Edmond van Daële  •  Alexandre Koubitzky

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Gance
CAST:  Albert Dieudonné  •  Vladimir Roudenko  •  Edmond van Daële  •  Alexandre Koubitzky

Figaro (1929)

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

DIRECTION:  Gaston Ravel  •  Tony Lekain
CAST:  Ernst Van Duren  •  Arlette Marchal  •  Marie Bell  •  Léon Belières

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

DIRECTION:  Gaston Ravel  •  Tony Lekain
CAST:  Ernst Van Duren  •  Arlette Marchal  •  Marie Bell  •  Léon Belières

Belphégor (1927)

Belphégor deals with a series of mysterious appearances by a masked-and-robed figure in the Louvre; a security guard is murdered, and a later police trap is foiled when the phantom—“Belphégor” (the name of a legendary demon)—uses knock-out gas. Journalist Jacques ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Desfontaines
CAST:  René Navarre  •  Elmire Vautier  •  Lucien Dalsace  •  Michèle Verly

Belphégor deals with a series of mysterious appearances by a masked-and-robed figure in the Louvre; a security guard is murdered, and a later police trap is foiled when the phantom—“Belphégor” (the name of a legendary demon)—uses knock-out gas. Journalist Jacques ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Desfontaines
CAST:  René Navarre  •  Elmire Vautier  •  Lucien Dalsace  •  Michèle Verly

L'Atlantide (1921)

Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Feyder
CAST:  Stacia Napierkowska  •  Georges Melchior  •  Marie-Louise Iribe  •  Jean Angelo

Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Feyder
CAST:  Stacia Napierkowska  •  Georges Melchior  •  Marie-Louise Iribe  •  Jean Angelo

The Poster (1924)

A mother sells a photo of her daughter to the press for publicity, and a daughter suddenly dies leaving the mother desperate surrounding by portraits of her daughter all around town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Epstein
CAST:  Nathalie Lissenko  •  Genica Missirio  •  Camille Bardou  •  Sylviane de Castillo

A mother sells a photo of her daughter to the press for publicity, and a daughter suddenly dies leaving the mother desperate surrounding by portraits of her daughter all around town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Epstein
CAST:  Nathalie Lissenko  •  Genica Missirio  •  Camille Bardou  •  Sylviane de Castillo

Vidocq (1923)

François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  René Navarre  •  Elmire Vautier  •  Rachel Devirys  •  Genica Missirio

François Vidocq has deserted to go back to his wife and kids, so he becomes a thief. Unfortunately, he finds she had become Manon-la-blonde, mistress of a rich man named Ouvrard, and his children have disappeared. He offers his services to the chief of intelligence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Kemm
CAST:  René Navarre  •  Elmire Vautier  •  Rachel Devirys  •  Genica Missirio