Abel Gance (French: [gɑ̃s], 25 October 1889 – 10 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and the monumental Napoléon (1927).
Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
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1911 | "La Digue" | "La Digue" | unreleased |
1912 | Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa | Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa | |
Il y a des pieds au plafond | Il y a des pieds au plafond | ||
La Pierre philosophe | La Pierre philosophe | ||
"The Mask of Horror" | "Le Masque d'horreur" | ||
Le Nègre blanc | Le Nègre blanc | ||
1915 | La Fleur des ruines | La Fleur des ruines | |
"La Folie du Docteur Tube" | "La Folie du docteur Tube" | ||
The Enigma of Ten Hours | L'Énigme de dix heures | ||
The Heroism of Paddy | L'Héroïsme de Paddy | ||
Strass et Compagnie | Strass et Compagnie | ||
"Un drame au château d'Acre" | "Un drame au château d'Acre" | ||
1916 | Ce que les flots racontent | Ce que les flots racontent | |
Fioritures | Fioritures | ||
Le Fou de la falaise | Le Fou de la falaise | ||
Le périscope | Le Périscope | ||
Les Gaz mortels | Les Gaz mortels | AKA Le brouillard sur la ville | |
1917 | Barberousse | Barberousse | |
The Zone of Death | La Zone de la mort | lost film | |
Le droit à la vie | Le Droit à la vie | ||
The Torture of Silence | Mater Dolorosa | ||
1918 | Ecce Homo | Ecce Homo | unfinished |
The Tenth Symphony | La Dixième Symphonie | ||
1919 | J'accuse | J'accuse | |
1923 | La Roue | La Roue | |
1924 | "Au Secours!" | "Au secours !" | short film |
1927 | Napoléon | Napoléon | |
1928 | "Marines et cristaux" | "Marines et cristaux" | short film |
1931 | End of the World | La Fin du monde | |
1932 | Mater Dolorosa | Mater Dolorosa | |
1934 | Poliche | Poliche | |
1935 | Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades | Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades | |
Lucrezia Borgia | Lucrèce Borgia | ||
Napoléon Bonaparte | Napoléon Bonaparte | Reworking of the 1927 Napoléon with a soundtrack; reworked in 1971 and released as Bonaparte et la Révolution | |
1936 | Story of a Poor Young Man | Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre | |
Beethoven's Great Love | Un grand amour de Beethoven | ||
1938 | The Woman Thief | Le Voleur de femmes | |
J'accuse! | J'accuse | ||
1939 | Louise | Louise | |
1940 | Paradise Lost | Paradis perdu | |
1941 | Blind Venus | Vénus aveugle | |
1943 | Captain Fracasse | Le Capitaine Fracasse | |
1953 | "Quatorze juillet" | "Quatorze juillet" | documentary short film |
1955 | Tower of Lust | La Tour de Nesle | |
1956 | Magirama | Magirama | |
1960 | Austerlitz | Austerlitz | |
1964 | Cyrano and d'Artagnan | Cyrano et d'Artagnan | |
1966 | Marie Tudor | Marie Tudor | television film |
1967 | Valmy | Valmy | television film; completed by Jean Chérasse |
Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
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1909 | "Molière" | "Molière" | actor; directed by Léonce Perret |
1929 | Napoleon at Saint Helena | Napoleon auf Sankt Helena | co-writer; directed by Lupu Pick |
1933 | The Ironmaster | Le Maître de forges | writer and supervisor; directed by Fernand Rivers |
1934 | The Lady of the Camellias | La Dame aux camélias | writer and supervisor; directed by Fernand Rivers |
1953 | "Lumière" | "Lumière" | voiceover; documentary directed by Paul Paviot |