In the Land of Darkness (1912)
30m
Running Time
January 12, 1912Release Date
In the Land of Darkness (1912)
30m
Running Time
January 12, 1912Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 12, 1912
Original NameAu pays des ténèbres
StatusReleased
Running Time30m
Genres
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Wiki.
In the land of darkness was directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset. Emile Zola wrote a novel. The mining disaster in the film was inspired by the catastrophe of Corrires. Most of the scenes were shot in Charleroi.