In the Land of Darkness 1912 Directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset Au pays des ténèbres
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.
Language
French
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Drama
Production Company
Société Française des Films Éclair
Release Date 12 January 1912
30 mins
Cast
