L'Assommoir

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.

• Albert CapellaniDirector
• Michel CarréWriter
• Albert CapellaniWriter

• Alexandre ArquillièreCoupeau
• Jacques GrétillatLantier
• Jacques VarennesCast
• Gabrielle RéjaneCast
• Eugénie NauGervaise
• AntoineCast
• Henri GougetCast
• Catherine FonteneyVirginie
• MansuelleMes-Bottes
• BazinBec-Salé
• Lucien CallamandBibi
• Irma PerrotMadame Boche