L'Assommoir
6.1
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.
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Cast
20 people
Alexandre Arquillière
Coupeau
Known for
The Smiling Madame Beudet
Jacques Grétillat
Lantier
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Jenny Lamour
Emile Zola
Albert Capellani
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Oh Boy!
Le Nabab
Pierre Decourcelle
Jacques Varennes
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Poison
Gabrielle Réjane
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Alsace
Madame Sans-Gêne
Michel Carré
Eugénie Nau
Gervaise
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Backbiters
Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 2: Le saboteur
Antoine
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Good Luck
Henri Gouget
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The Man with Wax Faces
Protéa
Antoine Normandin
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Les cinquante
La Villa des Coeurs Brisés
Albert Capellani Director · Michel Carré Writer Émile Zola Author
United States release October 22, 1909 · Produced in France · Production Pathé Frères
Production
Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL)
Production
Pathé Frères
Production · Distribution
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · December 21, 1908
Premiere
France · March 19, 1909
Theatrical
United States · October 22, 1909
Theatrical
Finland
April 19, 1909 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 27, 1910 · Theatrical
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