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L'Assommoir

5.9190836mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorAlbert Capellani
WritersMichel Carré·Albert Capellani
ProducerPierre Decourcelle

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Cast · Directed by Albert Capellani

AAAlexandre Arquillière
Alexandre Arquillière
Coupeau
JGJacques Grétillat
Jacques Grétillat
Lantier
JVJacques Varennes
Jacques Varennes
GRGabrielle Réjane
Gabrielle Réjane
ENEugénie Nau
Eugénie Nau
Gervaise
A
Antoine
HGHenri Gouget
Henri Gouget
CFCatherine Fonteney
Catherine Fonteney
Virginie
M
Mansuelle
Mes-Bottes
B
Bazin
Bec-Salé
LCLucien Callamand
Lucien Callamand
Bibi
IPIrma Perrot
Irma Perrot
Madame Boche

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L'Assommoir hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 8, 1909. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.