L'Assommoir (1909)
- Directed by
- Albert Capellani
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This silent drama follows a working class woman whose life unravels due to poverty and alcoholism. Based on Emile Zola's novel, it shows the downward spiral caused by drink and hardship in 19th century Paris.
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What happens
L'Assommoir (English: The Drinking Den) is a 1909 French drama film directed by Albert Capellani, adapting the eponymous 1879 play by William Busnach et Octave Gastineau, itself based on the 1877 novel by Emile Zola. It is the first French feature-length film and the second produced by the Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL) [fr] (English: Cinematographic Society of Authors and Writers). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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