Léonce Perret Movies

The innkeeper's daughter is in love, but her mother has already decided that she is going to be married to another man.

This charming short film was shot in the Camargue, probably in the same place where Jean Durand filmed his cowboy movies. The plot is very simple. A...

A poor disgraced girl, belonging to a gang of criminals, is morally transformed by a cosmetic operation that makes her beautiful.

Directed by Léonce Perret.

An art historian has an affair with a young saleslady while his disaffected wife cheats on him in turn. Both illicit relationships end in little boys...

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.

Leonce flirts

Mrs. Philip Mason commits suicide after she has an affair with Stephen Lee, a disreputable stockbroker, and sells her husband's securities so that...

Unbeknownst to Léonce, Suzanne allows Gaumont to use their villa garden for a day of filming. Léonce suspects infidelity when he...

Shot on location in Paris, Monte Carlo and the Riviera with both American and French actors. When Matthew Versigny discovers that the jewels his...

The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.

The noble Margrave of Hess, condemns captain Christian to exile for presuming to ask the hand of his daughter Genevieve in marriage.

The countess Hélène de Rochegrune awaits the return of her fiancé who went to the front.

1912 short French film written and directed by Léonce Perret.

Two suitors bring flowers to their girl in hopes of winning her love.

Expressing post-war cultural internationalism, this silent film follows the mysterious Orchid and the man who loves her.

A historical short film inspired by the Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast.