La Terre (1921)
1h 37m
Running Time
October 13, 1921Release Date
Plot.
As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work at a local farm, but he soon finds himself caught in the middle of the conflicts in Françoise's family.
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Cast & Crew.
Armand Bour
Père Fouan
René Alexandre
Jean Macquart - un ouvrier agricole
Germaine Rouer
Françoise
Émile Mylo
Hyacinthe dit Jésus-Christ
Jean Hervé
Louis Buteau
Berthe Bovy
La Trouille
André Antoine
Director
Jeanne Briey
Lise
Details.
Wiki.
The Earth (La Terre) is a silent film based on the 1887 novel of the same name by Émile Zola. It was directed by French theatre manager, André Antoine.
Antoine was notable for bringing a certain form of naturalism to the theater and films such as The Earth. Louis Feuillade observed that these dramas "eschew any fantasy and represent men and things as they are, not as they should be." Although the principal players were accomplished actors from the Comédie-Française, Antoine further heightened the film's naturalism by casting many nonprofessionals from the region in the film.