Au pays des ténèbres

In the Land of Darkness

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.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
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★60% Average★3 Users

Details

Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
30 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 12, 1912
Season
1912
Average Score
60%
Mean Score
60%
Ratings
3
Popularity
3
Favorites
0
Reviews
0
Producers
Société Française des Films Éclair
Genres
Drama
Country
FR
English
In the Land of Darkness

Description

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.

Immersion

Japanese

Characters

Staff

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