Movies & TV Shows from 1898

Thieves are chased by police on rooftops.

It's a traveling shot from behind the railings. As the camera moves slowly along the harbor, we have a fine view of the rail. In the distance we spot harbor crafts until we come to the piece de la resistance, a bunch of folks standing around.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

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.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to do with the story of Faust.

Scene of the last supper.

A woman slips into her bed with the help of her servant. While the film is lost, there is a new digital version based on re-creation from a flipbook produced by Léon Beaulieu around the same time

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.