In the Land of Darkness

In the Land of Darkness

5.5/100h 30m1912
In the Land of Darkness

Overview

In 1912 Jasset turned from fantasy and spectacle to realism in making the first of two Zola adaptations, as part of Éclair's new series of social dramas. For Au pays des ténèbres, based on Germinal, he took his crew to Charleroi in Belgium to film in authentic locations, and although he updated the story to the present, he went to great lengths to recreate in the studio the detail of the actual mining galleries, exploiting the ability of film to be a recorder of contemporary reality.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Société Française des Films Éclair

Additional Information

Original Title:Au pays des ténèbres
Original Language:No Language
Status:Released

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