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French silent drama films

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1900 film by Georges Méliès

Blancanieves (known as Blancaneu in Catalan and Snow White in English) is a 2012 black-and-white silent drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. A Spanish-French co-production based on the 1812 fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic vision of 1920s Andalusia. However, the film approaches storytelling through the integration of Spanish culture from characters' names to traditions they follow. Additionally, the film alludes to other fairy tales including Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. While it retells stories originally told through tales base

1923 film by Abel Ganc

Robinson Crusoe

1902 film directed by Georges Méliès

The Dreyfus Affair

1899 film directed by Georges Méliès

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

1898 French short black-and-white silent drama film directed by Georges Méliès

1923 film by Jean Epstein

1919 film by Abel Gance

The Little Match Girl

1928 film by Jean Renoir

Parisette () is a 1921 French drama film serial directed by Louis Feuillade.

L'Homme du large

1920 film by Marcel L'Herbier

Crainquebille is a 1922 French silent film directed by Jacques Feyder. The film was known as Bill in the US and as Old Bill of Paris and Coster Bill of Paris in the UK. The restored film is now known for its cinematic realism compared to many other films of the silent era . It is based on the 1901 novel ''L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which was later adapted into a 1934 sound film Crainquebille''.

Faces of Children

1925 film by Jacques Feyder

1928 silent film by Marcel L'Herbier

The Lion of the Moguls

1924 film by Jean Epstein

The Tenth Symphony

1918 film by Abel Gance

The Whirlpool of Fate

1924 film by Jean Renoir

The 400 Tricks of the Devil

1906 film by Georges Méliès

1908 film by Albert Capellani

The Beauty from Nivernais

1924 film by Jean Epstein

Le Brasier ardent

1923 film by Ivan Mozzhukhin

1913 film series of five films by Louis Feuillade

The Prey of the Wind

1926 film by René Clair

1924 film by Edward José

La Galerie des monstres

1924 film by Jaque Catelain

1925 French film by Julien Duvivier

1926 film directed by Jacques Feyder

Les Mystères de Paris

1922 film by Charles Burguet

The Torture of Silence

1917 film by Abel Gance

Marquitta is a 1927 French silent drama film directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Angelo, Marie-Louise Iribe and Henri Debain.

Secrets of the Orient

1928 film by Alexandre Volkoff, Anatole Litvak

1923 film by Jacques Feyder

Heart of an Actress

1924 film by Germaine Dulac

Le Double Amour

1925 film by Jean Epstein

1929 film by Jacques de Baroncelli

1929 film directed by Jean Epstein

1921 film by Louis Feuillade

Verdun: Visions of History

Revolution in Russia

film directed by Lucien Nonguet

The Bread Peddler

Tillers of the Soil

1923 film by Robert Boudrioz

Face à l'Océan

1920 film by René Leprince

Au-delà des lois humaines

1920 film by Gaston Roudès

Fille du peuple

1920 film by Camille de Morlhon

1924 film by René Hervil

Le Carnaval des vérités

The Clairvoyant

1924 film directed by Leon Abrams

1926 film by Léonce Perret

1924 film by André Hugon

The Lighthouse Keepers

1929 French silent film directed by Jean Grémillon

Assassination of the Grand Duke Serge

1905 film directed by Lucien Nonguet

L'Homme à l'Hispano

1926 French silent film directed by Julien Duvivier

Antoinette Sabrier

1927 film by Germaine Dulac

1929 film by Louis Mercanton

Morgane, the Enchantress

1928 film by Léonce Perret

Flipotte is a 1920 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. It is based on a novel by Henry Kistemaeckers

Champi-Tortu is a 1921 French silent film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. The film was based on a novel by Gaston Chérau.

L'Hirondelle et la Mésange

1920 film by André Antoine

The Great Passion

1928 film by André Hugon