Léonce Perret Movies

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

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

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

The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined during the Revolution aged only 31.

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

An ancient Greek legend comes to life, courtesy of the Gaumont studios.

Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is...

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

Mademoiselle Blanche Durand, in her sixties who lives on the mezzanine level of her property, is found dead, stabbed, inside her home. To enter, the...

Clothilde, taken out of her convent to marry the Marquis, refuses to recognize her new husband.

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

La Possession is a 1929 French film directed by Léonce Perret.

Valentin Marquis de Sombreiul, alias Monsieur Simon, is known as the great master because he is the leader of a band of Parisian Apaches who mete out...