Claude Mérelle

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Travail
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Travail

Jan 16, 1920
Luc Froment, a reform-minded engineer, starts working at a steel mill in a small town. There he founds small groups of workers (and their families) under miserable conditions. Under the influence of Fourier's ideas, Froment tries to turn the mill into a workers' co-operative.
Family
Jocaste
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Jocaste

May 15, 1925
Following her father's advice, Hélène Haviland (Sandra Milovanoff) accepts the marriage proposal of Fellaire de Sizac (Abel Tarride). Later she finds Dr. Groult (Henri Fabert), one of their friends, trying to kill her husband by poisoning slowly over a long period of time. It's painful but she keeps silence...
Crime
Jean Chouan
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Jean Chouan

Jan 22, 1926
This 8 chapter serial drama tells the story of a resistance movement led by Jean "Chouan" Cottereau against the Republicans in Western France starting in 1793.
Drama
Le Roman de la midinette
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During the WWI, Jeannette (Musidora) finds refuge in the South France, among other women. She starts the correspondence with a soldier of the front line and sends him a parcel.
War
Chantecoq
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Chantecoq

Nov 21, 1916
Melodramatic war drama based on a novel by M.A. Bernière, directed by M. Pouctal, conceived as popular propaganda. When it turns out that plant director M. Dalibert has suddenly disappeared, Chantecoq is charged with the investigation. Through creative means he succeeds to unravel the case, involving two German spies looking for a secret recipe for a new French weapon of war.
War
Le Juif Errant
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Le Juif Errant

Dec 24, 1926
Le Juif Ashaverus, coupable d'avoir insulté le Christ au Calvaire, a été condamné à marcher éternellement. En 1640, Marius de Rennepont est tué au cours d'un pogrom à Varsovie, son enfant est recueilli par Ashaverus qui dépose chez un notaire le testament du mort. Le Club des Ardents qui avait suscité la mort de Rennepont veut spolier en 1830, ses héritiers fabuleusement riches. Parmi eux l'extravagante Adrienne de Cardoville, Jacques de Rennepont alias Couche-tout-nu, le prince Djalma, les petites Simon : Rose et Blanche et l'abbé Gabriel. Le Club désigne ce dernier comme héritier pour accaparer toute la fortune. Ce n'est que lorsque le sinistre Club sera dissous que Adrienne, d'abord internée, pourra épouser Djalma, que les autres héritiers connaîtront le bonheur et que le machiavelique Rodin mourra du choléra. Quand à Ashaverus, il continuera sa marche éternelle...
Drama
Le roi de Camargue
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Le roi de Camargue

Jan 20, 1922
At the mouth of the Rhone, Jacques Renaud and his fiancee Lisette are cursed by a gypsy woman as punishment for their wrong decision.
Drama
Der goldene Abgrund
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Der goldene Abgrund

Sep 26, 1927
An eccentric millionaire brings together four men who, under different circumstances, wanted to commit suicide. The proposal made to them is the following: they will travel to an islet that, according to legend, emerged from the sea when Atlantis sank and that houses a fabulous treasure buried by the Incas. But that territory is populated by the worst band of pirates and evildoers the world has ever known.
Drama
Les Trois Mousquetaires
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Bien décidé à devenir Mousquetaire du Roi, d’Artagnan réalise son rêve en montant à Paris où il rencontre Athos, Porthos et Aramis avec lesquels il déjouera tous les complots pour sauver la Reine et chasser les Anglais de La Rochelle… Version originale de 12 épisodes en 1921.
Drama