Movies by Gaston Modot

Calino, Love Tamer

Calino, Love Tamer

One day, Calino has the bold and imprudent idea to follow a woman down the street. The woman leads him all the way to the traveling lion cage run by her husband. To avoid her husband's jealous anger, the woman introduces Calino as an apprentice lion tamer.

Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal

Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal

A mine owner discovers a vein of gold but unfortunately dies. His wife doesn't want to sell the mine and so the forman decides to lock her up in a cottage with a dangerous and hungry leopard.

Calino sourcier

Calino sourcier

A magic wand falls into Calino's hands, and he turns everything he touches into running water, until he falls victim to his own witchcraft. The catastrophic meets the fantastic, for the triumph of the absurd.

Freiheit in Fesseln

Freiheit in Fesseln

The carpenter Franz Aigner, a kind-hearted but strong and irascible fellow, has beaten a man to death in an argument and is sentenced to prison with a three-year suspended sentence. One of the jurors gets him a job as a bargeman on a Spree barge. There, Franz falls in love with Marie, the bargeman's daughter. But the brutal second bargeman, Paul, also has his eye on Marie and tries everything to provoke Franz into another fight. But it is only when Paul tries to rape Marie that a fight breaks out between Franz and Paul.

The Sultan of Love

The Sultan of Love

An French orientalist fairy tale starring France Dhélia, Gaston Modot, Sylvio De Pedrelli and Marcel Lévesque.

One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive

One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive

An early Gaumont short.

No! You’re Not Going Anywhere Without Me!

No! You’re Not Going Anywhere Without Me!

An early Gaumont short

Carmen

Carmen

Feyder's scenario very closely follows Don José's own account of his story and his fatal relation with the gypsy Carmen in the third chapter of Mérimée's short novel.

Onésime: Costume Boy

Onésime: Costume Boy

While the costume maker Onésime is absent, his mannequins begin to play...