French films of the 1910s
Barbe-bleue (1901) 
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The wealthy Lord Bluebeard has had seven wives – all have died in mysterious circumstances. Despite his great age, he decides to marry an eighth time and invites many nobles to his court to present their daughters to him. A young woman is selected and the marriage ceremony hastily conducted. After their lavish wedding feast...
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Le Voyage dans la lune (1902)
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At a meeting of the astronomy club, Professor Barbenfouillis announces his next venture: to lead a manned expedition to the moon. Six astronomers volunteer to accompany him on his journey, which is made via a rocket shell catapulted to the moon by an enormous cannon. As soon as the explorers emerge onto the lunar surface...
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Le Mélomane (1903)
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An eccentric conductor leads a chorus of women to row of telegraph poles supporting five wires. The conductor starts throwing musical symbols onto the wires and creates six notes by pulling off his head six times and throwing it on the improvised stave. Having composed his piece of music, the conductor leads the chorus and a drummer...
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L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (1908) 
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An episode in the de Guise family struggle to seize power in 1563. Henri I of Lorraine, the Duc de Guise, rival to King Henri III of Navarre, is stabbed to death by the king’s bodyguards in the Château de Blois, to the distress of his mistress, the Marquise of Noirmoutiers......
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Le Locataire diabolique (1909)
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A respectable looking man arrives at a boarding house and asks for a room. The concierge shows him to his room, which is in the process of being redecorated. Once the concierge has gone on his way, the new lodger throws the decorator out of the window and starts to unpack his belongings. From his small bag he produces a table cloth...
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Fantômas – À l'ombre de la guillotine (1913)
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For the arch-criminal Fantômas, no crime is too daring, too adventurous. A master of disguise, he has no trouble relieving the Princess Danidoff of her priceless pearl necklace at the Royal Palace Hotel. Inspectator Juve is determined to capture Fantômas and put an end to his limitless villainy. Whilst investigating the disappearance of Lord Beltham...
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Juve contre Fantômas (1913)
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When a disfigured body of a woman is found in the lodgings of Dr Chaleck, Inspector Juve immediately suspects this to be the work of his arch-enemy, the master criminal Fantômas. He and his journalist friend, Fandor, trail Chaleck across Paris. They see him being handed a note by a girl called Joséphine whom Fandor pursues while Juve continues following Chaleck...
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Le Mort qui tue (1913)
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Miraculously, the journalist Fandor has survived his latest confrontation with the villainous master criminal Fantômas. His friend and collaborator Inspector Juve is less fortunate – it appears that he was crushed to death in the explosion at Lady Bentham’s house. Fandor returns to work and immediately engages himself in another bizarre case...
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Fantômas contre Fantômas (1914)
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After his failed attempts to capture the ruthless crook and serial murderer Fantômas, Inspecteur Juve becomes the victim of a virulent press campaign which accuses him of being Fantômas himself. Whilst Juve languishes in a prison cell, his friend, the journalist Fandor, attempts to clear his name by tracking the real Fantômas...
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Les Vampires (1915)
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Paris is in the grip of an unseen, nameless, terror, against which the police are powerless to act. A criminal organisation known as the Vampires create fear and mayhem, killing, looting, abducting – no crime is too daring, or too despicable. Little is known about the gang of villains except that they are led by the Grand Vampire and his seductive partner...
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