Directing
Abel Gance
- Titles
- 67movies7TV shows
- Career
Active from 1909 to 2024, with a break from 1973 to 2023, busiest in 1923 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 51titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Napoleon80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical9.0average 2.6
- Politics6.7average 2.6
- Warfare5.0average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.2average 3.3
- Violence5.7average 4.3
- Satire & Parody3.6average 2.3
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Pathos6.4average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.3, average 2.2
- Wholesome1.4, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Melodrama 7
- Political Intrigue 7
- Greek Tragedy 4
- Forbidden Love 4
- Ambitious 4
- Family Drama 4
- Railway Setting 4
- Historical Epic 4
- Silent Era Epic 3
- Pioneering Editing Techniques 3
- Historical 3
- Artistic Achievement 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- LLéonce-Henri BurelCinematographerNapoleon, J'accuse, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, The Torture of Silence, La Roue, +7 more
Albert DieudonnéActorNapoléon vu par Abel Gance Partie 1 : La jeunesse de Bonaparte, Napoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte, Le périscope, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, +5 more
Séverin-MarsActorJ'accuse, La Roue, La Roue: Part 3, La Roue: Part 4, La Roue: Part 1, +2 more
Antonin ArtaudActorNapoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - Second Part: Napoleon and the French Revolution, Bonaparte et la révolution, +1 more
Alexandre KoubitzkyActorNapoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - Second Part: Napoleon and the French Revolution, Bonaparte et la révolution, +1 more
Max MaxudianActorLa Roue, La Roue: Part 2, La Roue: Part 1, La Roue: Part 4, La Roue: Part 3, +1 more- RRoger HubertCinematographerLucrezia Borgia, Queen Margot, The End of the World, Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre, I Accuse, +1 more
Gabriel de GravoneActorLa Roue, La Roue: Part 2, La Roue: Part 3, La Roue: Part 1, La Roue: Part 4
Georges TérofActorLa Roue, La Roue: Part 2, La Roue: Part 4, La Roue: Part 3, La Roue: Part 1
Gina ManèsActorNapoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - Second Part: Napoleon and the French Revolution, Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Deuxième Partie
Edmond van DaëleActorNapoleon, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth, Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - Second Part: Napoleon and the French Revolution, Napoléon vu par Abel Gance - Deuxième Partie
Ivy CloseActorLa Roue, La Roue: Part 1, La Roue: Part 2, La Roue: Part 4, La Roue: Part 3
Movies and TV shows
441970s
1 title
Bonaparte et la révolution (1972)
as St. Just (archive footage)
1960s
2 titles · average score 64
Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964)
Director, Screenplay
64
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
Director, Writer
1950s
2 titles · average score 59
54
Tower of Lust (1955)
Screenplay, Director
65
Queen Margot (1954)
Writer
1940s
2 titles · average score 64
64
Captain Fracasse (1943)
Director, Writer
Blind Venus (1941)
Director, Writer
1930s
10 titles · average score 59
Four Flights to Love (1939)
Director, Screenplay
67
I Accuse (1938)
Writer, Director
The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937)
Writer, Director
58
Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
Writer, Director
Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
as Saint-Just
Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935)
Director, Screenplay
The Queen and the Cardinal (1935)
Director, Writer
The Ironmaster (1933)
Screenplay
Mater Dolorosa (1933)
Writer, Director
54
The End of the World (1931)
as Jean Novalic
1920s
6 titles · average score 77
80
Napoleon (1927)
as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - First Part: Bonaparte's Youth (1927)
as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
Napoleon Seen by Abel Gance - Second Part: Napoleon and the French Revolution (1927)
as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
Au secours ! (1924)
Director, Writer
74
La Roue (1923)
Director, Producer
1910s
20 titles · average score 64
76
J'accuse (1919)
Screenplay, Director
The Tenth Symphony (1918)
Director, Writer
The Torture of Silence (1917)
Director, Writer
The Right to Life (1917)
Writer, Director
The Zone of Death (1917)
Director, Writer
Deadly Gas (1916)
Writer, Director
Le périscope (1916)
Writer, Director
53
The Madness of Dr. Tube (1915)
Director, Writer
L'héroïsme de Paddy (1915)
Writer, Director
The Mask of Horror (1912)
Screenplay, Director
La Digue (1911)
Writer, Director
Jephté's Daughter (1910)
Writer
