Pathe Freres Movies

Story about a young boy with a violent drunken father and his downwards spiral after he gets caught shoplifting.

Max is late for his own wedding, and, worse yet, has no shoes.

Tsar Nicholas II arrives in Paris.

The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escap...

Pickpock is behind bars. But more elusive than Arsène Lupin, no chain resists him and he plays with policemen like a cat with mice. After having maste...

A nanny quits her job, and convinces all the other nannies in the apartment building to go out on strike. The strike spreads to the city, with nannies...

A frog hops around a magic fountain.

A couple’s fight over dinner leads to spiralling domestic abuse that spreads all over town. (MoMA)

This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.

Suffering from unrequited love, Max hangs himself from a tree, and ends up hanging for hours while local townspeople squabble over whose responsibilit...

Some naughty scenes from a balcony.

A love sick Max fly to find his love and recover.

Maurice Schwartz and Sarah Duhamel meet at a party, and he falls instantly in love with her. She doesn't even notice him. He follows her and her escor...

Max visits a doctor who prescribes a tonic (Bordeaux of Cinchona) for him to drink every morning. Upon returning home, Max sees a large glass which wa...

Charles Prince is visiting the city with his wife and mother-in-law. He buys some lace for his girlfriend, but the women soon discover it and he prete...

A man and his wife try to enjoy a picnic, but strange and surreal happenings prevent them from doing so.

A father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.

A hobo takes revenge to a miller who didn't give him something to eat.

It is winter and a couple invites an old woman to eat. The old woman then becomes a fairy and makes the spring appears.

The film is quite sophisticated for it's time with a relatively large number of scene changes as we follow Max's misadventures. It also features a clo...