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L'Assommoir (1909)
Directed by Albert Capellani
Drama · 36m
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is about the free fall of a group of working-class French folk into degradation and tragedy due to carelessness, jealousy, and alcohol abuse. At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful.
Cast
Alexandre Arquillière
Jacques Varennes
Gabrielle Réjane
Eugénie Nau
Catherine Fonteney
Lucien Callamand
Irma Perrot
Crew
- Director
- Albert Capellani
- Writer
- Michel Carré, Albert Capellani
- Novel
- Émile Zola
- Producer
- Pierre Decourcelle
Details
- Release date
- 1909-03-19
- Runtime
- 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL), Pathé Frères