21 December 1908 Drama 36 mins
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.
Watch the official L'Assommoir 1908 trailer in HD below.
Alexandre Arquillière as Coupeau
Jacques Grétillat as Lantier
Eugénie Nau as Gervaise
Catherine Fonteney as Virginie
Mansuelle as Mes-Bottes
Bazin as Bec-Salé
Lucien Callamand as Bibi
Irma Perrot as Madame Boche
Marie-Louise Roger as Nana
Albert Capellani Director
Émile Zola Novel
Michel Carré Writer
Albert Capellani Writer
Pierre Decourcelle Producer
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Finland 19 April 1909
France 21 December 1908
Sweden 27 October 1910
United States 22 October 1909
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18 January 1908
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies away with it.
08 March 1908
The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the lead. They have discovered the hiding place of Billy Bones, the mate of Flint's ship, the "Walrus," and they send Black Dog, one of the crew, to tip Billy Bones to the "black spot" at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn; but Billy Bones drives Black Dog away, and will have nothing to do with him.
25 July 1908
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.
27 May 1908
Silent film directed by Mario Caserini for the Società Italiana Cines in 1908. It should not be confused, as is often the case, with the film "Abbandonata" from June 1910, whose director is unknown and was produced by Itala Films (a company Mario Caserini never worked for).
21 November 1908
A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.
13 September 1908
This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of fireworks, flames and fountains as well as the customary fairies, magic and dancing.
31 January 1908
Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Royal Edict; The Princess is Sixteen Years Old; Searching for the Princess; The Prediction Comes True; Thou Shalt Sleep for a Hundred Years; A Hundred Years later the Prince Charming Goes Hunting; Prince Charming Dismisses His Escort; The Castle of Sleep; The Guard's Hall; You Have Been a Long Time Coming, prince; The Wedding of the Sleeping Beauty to Prince Charming.
03 November 1908
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08 May 1908
Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.
22 December 1908
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia.
27 November 1908
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1908 Pathé Frères, Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL).
