Georges Hatot Movies

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary...

A short reenactment of a scene from Goethe's Faust.

Soldiers ambush a house.

A bill poster comes upon a blank wall, and immediately puts up a poster advertising a movie show at one location.

Soldiers try to defend themselves inside of a crumbling shack.

The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure...

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

As the only survivor of a battle, a cavalryman heroically defends his flag.

With contraband strapped to the backs of their dogs, smugglers set off to cross the Spanish-French border. Having been spied upon and betrayed to...

Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.

Félicien Trewey mimes Pierrot being harassed in his sleep by a fly.

A man does a practical joke on a chestnut vendor.

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

Child prank causes chase for few ballons and one lady's wig

Agents chase down rooftop criminals, and after a series of grotesque twists and turns, they finally get their hands on them.