L'Assommoir
- 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. At the time of its release, L'Assommoir was hugely successful.
- Directed by
- Albert Capellani
- Written by
- Michel Carré, Albert Capellani
- Based on
- Émile Zola
Cast
- Alexandre Arquillière
- Jacques Grétillat
- Jacques Varennes
- Gabrielle Réjane
- Eugénie Nau
- Antoine
- Henri Gouget
- Catherine Fonteney
- Mansuelle
- Bazin
- Lucien Callamand
- Irma Perrot
The Impostor
Germinal