Henry Roussel

The film portrays a visitor to an insane asylum where it becomes clear that the inmates have taken control. Telling the visitor that a cure for insanity has been found by cutting out an eye of the patient and then slitting his throat, the "director" hurries into another room, reemerges with blood all over his hands and, as blood seeps from beneath the door, incites other inmates who now surround the visitor. (imdb)

A man spends a night in a wax museum as part of a bet.

In 1885, the humdrum of the squadron of the 51st regiment of Chasseurs is shaken by the desertion of two men tyrannized by Adjutant Flick. Hurluret, the captain, deeply loves his soldiers and will stand before the detestable adjutant.

A servant takes the rap for her scandalized mistress.

Ginette, a Parisian seamstress, lives poorly but happily with her musician lover. When Count la Ferronnière offers to teach her the manners and behaviours that will open her the doors to a richer world, she quickly chooses wealth over love. (imdb)

A theater electrician's love to a ballet dancer is tested when he is elected minister. (imdb)

Tells the tragic story of a young trapeze artist (Polaire) abandoned and found by a clown when she was a baby.