# Abel Gance filmography

Abel Gance (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French:, 25 October 1889–10 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and the monumental Napoléon (1927).

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
| 1911 | "La Digue" | "La Digue" | unreleased |
| 1912 | Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa | Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa | |
| 1912 | Il y a des pieds au plafond | Il y a des pieds au plafond | |
| 1912 | La Pierre philosophe | La Pierre philosophe | |
| 1912 | "The Mask of Horror" | "Le Masque d'horreur" | |
| 1912 | Le Nègre blanc | Le Nègre blanc | |
| 1915 | La Fleur des ruines | La Fleur des ruines | |
| 1915 | "La Folie du Docteur Tube" | "La Folie du docteur Tube" | |
| 1915 | The Enigma of Ten Hours | L'Énigme de dix heures | |
| 1915 | The Heroism of Paddy | L'Héroïsme de Paddy | |
| 1915 | Strass et Compagnie | Strass et Compagnie | |
| 1915 | "Un drame au château d'Acre" | "Un drame au château d'Acre" | |
| 1916 | Ce que les flots racontent | Ce que les flots racontent | |
| 1916 | Fioritures | Fioritures | |
| 1916 | Le Fou de la falaise | Le Fou de la falaise | |
| 1916 | Le périscope | Le Périscope | |
| 1916 | Les Gaz mortels | Les Gaz mortels | AKA Le brouillard sur la ville |
| 1917 | Barberousse | Barberousse | |
| 1917 | The Zone of Death | La Zone de la mort | lost film |
| 1917 | Le droit à la vie | Le Droit à la vie | |
| 1917 | The Torture of Silence | Mater Dolorosa | |
| 1918 | Ecce Homo | Ecce Homo | unfinished |
| 1918 | The Tenth Symphony | La Dixième Symphonie | |
| 1919 | J'accuse | J'accuse | |
| 1923 | La Roue | La Roue | |
| 1924 | "Au Secours!" | "Au secours !" | short film |
| 1927 | Napoléon | Napoléon | |
| 1928 | "Marines et cristaux" | "Marines et cristaux" | short film |
| 1931 | End of the World | La Fin du monde | |
| 1932 | Mater Dolorosa | Mater Dolorosa | |
| 1934 | Poliche | Poliche | |
| 1935 | Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades | Jérôme Perreau, héros des barricades | |
| 1935 | Lucrezia Borgia | Lucrèce Borgia | |
| 1935 | Napoléon Bonaparte | Napoléon Bonaparte | Reworking of the 1927 Napoléon with a soundtrack; reworked in 1971 and released as Bonaparte et la Révolution |
| 1936 | Story of a Poor Young Man [fr] | Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre | |
| 1936 | Beethoven's Great Love | Un grand amour de Beethoven | |
| 1938 | The Woman Thief | Le Voleur de femmes | |
| 1938 | J'accuse! | J'accuse | |
| 1939 | Louise | Louise | |
| 1940 | Paradise Lost | Paradis perdu | |
| 1941 | Blind Venus | Vénus aveugle | |
| 1943 | Captain Fracasse | Le Capitaine Fracasse | |
| 1953 | "Quatorze juillet" | "Quatorze juillet" | documentary short film |
| 1955 | Tower of Lust | La Tour de Nesle | |
| 1956 | Magirama | Magirama | |
| 1960 | Austerlitz | Austerlitz | |
| 1964 | Cyrano and d'Artagnan | Cyrano et d'Artagnan | |
| 1966 | Marie Tudor | Marie Tudor | television film |
| 1967 | Valmy | Valmy | television film; completed by Jean Chérasse |

### Other film work

| Year | English title | Original title | Notes |
| 1909 | "Molière" | "Molière" | actor; directed by Léonce Perret |
| 1929 | Napoleon at Saint Helena | Napoleon auf Sankt Helena | co-writer; directed by Lupu Pick |
| 1933 | The Ironmaster | Le Maître de forges | writer and supervisor; directed by Fernand Rivers |
| 1934 | The Lady of the Camellias | La Dame aux camélias | writer and supervisor; directed by Fernand Rivers |
| 1953 | "Lumière" | "Lumière" | voiceover; documentary directed by Paul Paviot |