Portrait of Abel Gance

Directing

Abel Gance

Career

Active from 1909 to 1972, with a break from 1944 to 1953, busiest in 1915 and 1917 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Abel Gance Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 6
  • French Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • French Historical Drama 3
  • Silent Film Masterpiece 2
  • Visual Storytelling 2
  • Historical Epic 2
  • Warfare 2
  • French History 2
  • 19th Century France 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Bonaparte and the Revolution
Bonaparte and the Revolution (1972)

as St. Just (archive footage)

1960s

2 titles · average score 56
Cyrano and d'Artagnan
Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Screenplay

Austerlitz
Austerlitz (1960)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Writer

1950s

5 titles · average score 60
Magirama
Magirama (1958)

Director

I Accuse! [Magirama]
I Accuse! [Magirama] (1956)

Director

Tower of Lust
Tower of Lust (1955)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Screenplay

Queen Margot
Queen Margot (1954)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

14 juillet 1953
14 juillet 1953 (1954)

Director, Editor

1940s

2 titles · average score 66
Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse (1943)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Blind Venus
Blind Venus (1941)

Writer, Director

1930s

14 titles · average score 63
Four Flights to Love
Four Flights to Love (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay, Director

Louise
Louise (1939)

Director, Adaptation

J'Accuse
J'Accuse (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

The Woman Thief
The Woman Thief (1938)

Director

The Life and Loves of Beethoven
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

The Novel of a Poor Young Man
The Novel of a Poor Young Man (1936)

Director, Screenplay

Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)

as Saint-Just

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

Poliche
Poliche (1934)

Director

Camille
Camille (1934)

Producer, Director

The Ironmaster
The Ironmaster (1933)

Screenplay

The End of the World
The End of the World (1931)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jean Novalic

1920s

7 titles · average score 78
Napoleon at St. Helena
Napoleon at St. Helena (1929)

Story

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
GoodWatch score 87

as Bar Customer

Marines et cristeaux
Marines et cristeaux (1928)

Director

Napoleon
Napoleon (1927)
GoodWatch score 80

as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Au secours !
Au secours ! (1924)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Producer

La Roue
La Roue (1923)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Producer

Tillers of the Soil
Tillers of the Soil (1923)

Producer

1910s

20 titles · average score 62
J'Accuse
J'Accuse (1919)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Screenplay

The Tenth Symphony
The Tenth Symphony (1918)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

The Torture of Silence
The Torture of Silence (1917)

Director, Writer

Barberousse
Barberousse (1917)

Writer, Director

The Right to Life
The Right to Life (1917)

Director, Writer

Deadly Gas
Deadly Gas (1916)

Writer, Director

Le périscope
Le périscope (1916)

Director, Writer

The Madness of Dr Tube
The Madness of Dr Tube (1915)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Writer

L'héroïsme de Paddy
L'héroïsme de Paddy (1915)

Director, Writer

The Mask of Horror
The Mask of Horror (1912)

Director, Screenplay

Jephté's Daughter
Jephté's Daughter (1910)

Writer

Molière
Molière (1910)

as Molière jeune

1900s

1 title
The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804
The Death of the Duke of Enghien in 1804 (1909)

Writer