L'Assommoir (1908)
1908 · 0h 36m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Albert Capellani
Writers: Émile Zola, Michel Carré, Albert Capellani
Cast
Alexandre Arquillière as CoupeauJacques Grétillat as LantierJacques VarennesGabrielle RéjaneEugénie Nau as GervaiseAntoineHenri GougetCatherine Fonteney as VirginieMansuelle as Mes-BottesBazin as Bec-SaléLucien Callamand as BibiIrma Perrot as Madame BocheMore like this
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