L'Enfant prodigue (1907)

Directed by

Michel Carré

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

2.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film record of a stage pantomime about a young man who leaves home, wastes his inheritance, and eventually returns to his family. It is a straightforward adaptation of the biblical parable performed on a theater set.

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What happens

L'Enfant prodigue (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃.fɑ̃ pʁɔ.diɡ], French for "The Prodigal Son") was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, from his three-act stage pantomime, The Prodigal Son. The film was an unmodified filmed record of his play. Filmed at the Gaumont company studios in May 1907. The film premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés on the Boulevard Montmartre, in Paris, on 20 June 1907. Carré directed another film version of L'Enfant prodigue in 1916. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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