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.
Credits
In the Land of Darkness Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Cécile Guyon
She was 21, 36 years old when she died
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as Claire Lenoir |
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Marcel Vibert
He was 28, 75 years old when he died
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In the Land of Darkness Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Émile Zola as Writer. He was 71 (62) years old when He died
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Writing |
