Guy Georges

A 3-DVD Collection of More Than 75 Early Films by Alice Guy • Louis Feuillade • Léonce Perret.
The invention of cinema – and its growth into a sophisticated art form – are vividly brought to life in this massive collection of films from the early years of the influential Gaumont Film Company. Each disc is devoted to one of Gaumont’s artistic directors, who oversaw all film production at the studio, and profoundly influenced not only the identity of the studio but also the evolution of the cinema itself.

Michel Ancelin is an alcoholic doctor: the more the people look down on him as a miserable failure the more he hates his own guts… until that night when, driving home and drunk, he accidentally kills a man. What if it was just the burst of pride his fine intelligence was waiting?

Harpagon lives a frugal life although he has accumulated a fortune, which he has buried in his garden. The old man is ruthlessly tight-fisted and, to further his wealthy, he intends to marry his daughter off to a wealthy man whilst he himself marries a wealthy heiress. Unfortunately, his daughter is in love with another young man, whilst the woman he plans to marry is already beloved, by his son…