Georges Hatot Movies

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.

One minute costume drama from the Lumiere company.

This reconstruction refers to a meeting that allegedly took place on 25 November 1804 at Fontainebleau between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon to discuss the coronation.

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

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

Staged assassination from the Lumiere company.

This early film made by Georges Hatot for the Lumière Company is a brief single shot-scene of the assassination of the French revolutionary writer, Jean-Paul Marat--who has the notorious distinction of having influenced the Reign of Terror.

Film adaptation of the famous French folktale by Georges Hatot.

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

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

The scene takes place outside a café. Two workers are desperate to be served drinks, and the owner is forced to call in a policeman, who has great difficulty in expelling the two drunks.

A balcony courting scene turns into a man being beaten in a sack.

Staging of the title event.

A man does a practical joke on a chestnut vendor.