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L'Assommoir (1908)

L'Assommoir (1908)

Drama
Release Date: 1908, December 21
Directors: Albert Capellani
Countries: France
Production: Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL), Pathé Frères
Cast: Lucien Callamand, Catherine Fonteney, Jacques Grétillat, Alexandre Arquillière, Bazin, Irma Perrot, Eugénie Nau, Mansuelle, Marie-Louise Roger

Overview:

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.