Zecca also pioneered one of the first crime dramas, "Histoire d'un crime" (1901), stylistically innovative in its use of superimposition. The story was of a man condemned to death, awaiting execution with his crimes appearing on his cell wall. The film is an early example of flashbacks as a film device. Other films included comedies, trick films or fairy tales, such as "Les Sept châteaux du Diable", both 1901, and "La Belle au bois dormant" in 1902, as well as social dramas like "Les Victimes de l'alcoolisme" (1902), "Au pays noir" (1905) and reconstructions of actual events, the most famous being "La Catastrophe de la Martinique" (1902).