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Tag Archives: Abel Gance
Louise (1939) Abel Gance, Grace Moore, Georges Thill, André Pernet
Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor Read More »
End of the World / La fin du monde (1931) Abel Gance, Colette Darfeuil, Sylvie Gance
The two Novalic brothers, Jean and Martial, are in love with the same woman, Genevieve. Read More »
The Wheel / La roue (1923) Abel Gance, Gabriel de Gravone, Pierre Magnier, Georges Térof
Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma Read More »
I Accuse / J’accuse (1919) Abel Gance, Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other’s wife Read More »
Blind Venus AKA Vénus aveugle (1941) Abel Gance, Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Henri Guisol
A Clarisse is a cabaret singer, diagnosed that will remain blind in one or two years. It will break with her lover, Madère into thinking that no longer loves you … Read More »
Four Flights to Love AKA Paradis perdu (1940) Abel Gance, Fernand Gravey, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme
Before World War I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre Leblanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker’s assistant. Read More »
Tower of Nesle (1955) Abel Gance, Pierre Brasseur, Silvana Pampanini, Paul Guers
France, the beginning of the XIV century. Every night, Queen Margaret of Burgundy Read More »
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) Abel Gance, Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Claudia Cardinale
Another of Napoleon’s adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz Read More »
Napoleon (1927) Abel Gance, Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays Read More »