Jean Epstein Movies

  • 1928
    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

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    A stranger called Allan goes to the House of Usher. He is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives in the eerie house with his sick wife...

    The Fall of the House of Usher
  • 1926
    Mauprat

    Mauprat

    Mauprat

    6.1111926HD

    Romantic novelist George Sand's Mauprat as adapted by cinema visionary Jean Epstein. As a child, orphan Bernard de Mauprat was adopted by Tristan, a...

    Mauprat
  • 1947
    The Storm-Tamer

    The Storm-Tamer

    The Storm-Tamer

    6.7341947HD

    Following a premonition, a young woman tries to persuade her fiancé not to go out to sea in his fishing boat, but the boy ignores her and sets...

    The Storm-Tamer
  • 1924
    La Belle Nivernaise

    La Belle Nivernaise

    La Belle Nivernaise

    6.21924HD

    A young man falls in love with the daughter of the man who adopted him.

    La Belle Nivernaise
  • 1923
    The Red Inn

    The Red Inn

    The Red Inn

    5.51923HD

    Two young doctors, surprised by the storm, take refuge in an inn. A diamond broker joins them and, for lack of space, shares their room. At dawn he...

    The Red Inn
  • 1923
    Cœur fidèle

    Cœur fidèle

    Cœur fidèle

    7.11923HD

    The good guys win out in this sweet tale about a young orphan who is abused for much of her life but who eventually finds happiness when she marries...

    Cœur fidèle
  • 1929
    Finis Terræ

    Finis Terræ

    Finis Terræ

    71929HD

    On the islet Bannec, off the coast of Brittany, four fishermen have set up camp for three months to harvest seaweed. If processed correctly, the ash...

    Finis Terræ
  • 1930
    The Sea of Ravens

    The Sea of Ravens

    The Sea of Ravens

    6.91930HD

    Jean Epstein’s short documentary filmed on the Breton island of Sein, which film preservationist and cinephile Henri Langlois called “one...

    The Sea of Ravens
  • 1927
    The Three-Sided Mirror

    The Three-Sided Mirror

    The Three-Sided Mirror

    6.61927HD

    A wealthy young businessman consecutively falls in love with a classy English woman (Pearl), a Russian sculptress (Athalia), and a naive...

    The Three-Sided Mirror
  • 1938
    The Woman at the End of the World

    The Woman at the End of the World

    The Woman at the End of the World

    5.71938HD

    A sailor falls in love with an innkeeper on a lost island.

    The Woman at the End of the World
  • 1925
    Double Love

    Double Love

    Double Love

    5.61925HD

    Jacques Prémont-Solène is a degenerate gambler and his losses at baccarat have bankrupted his lover, Laure Maresco. When he steals four...

    Double Love
  • 1929
    His Head

    His Head

    His Head

    61929HD

    Jean Bonnard, clean-cut industrialist and the only son of a widow, goes to visit his mother in the small village where she lives. However, early in...

    His Head
  • 1927
    Six and a Half by Eleven

    Six and a Half by Eleven

    Six and a Half by Eleven

    6.31927HD

    A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her....

    Six and a Half by Eleven
  • 1932
    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    6.61932HD

    A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

    The Cradles
  • 1938
    Eau vive

    Eau vive

    Eau vive

    01938HD

    The inhabitants of a poor village want to sell their houses and their land. One day, a woman breaks down in her car while crossing the village....

    Eau vive
  • 1934
    La Vie d'un grand journal

    La Vie d'un grand journal

    La Vie d'un grand journal

    01934HD

    The visit of Ouest Eclair newspaper.

    La Vie d'un grand journal
  • 1978
    Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself

    Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself

    Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself

    61978HD

    From the French television series Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma, the episode uploaded here, Jean Epstein ou le Cinéma...

    Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself
  • 1923
    The Infidel Mountain

    The Infidel Mountain

    The Infidel Mountain

    01923HD

    On June 22, 1923, and just five days after the start of a violent volcanic eruption on the north side of Etna, Epstein and cameraman Paul Guichard...

    The Infidel Mountain
  • 1922
    Pasteur

    Pasteur

    Pasteur

    6.21922HD

    Jean Benoît-Lévy & Jean Epstein's inventive documentary about the life of Louis Pasteur, a French chemist and one of the most important...

    Pasteur
  • 1933
    Gold of the Seas

    Gold of the Seas

    Gold of the Seas

    6.21933HD

    Because he found a box washed up by the sea holding unknown contents, a poor and despised fisherman and his daughter are suddenly courted by everyone...

    Gold of the Seas