The Great Mine Disaster
1912 · Movie · 34 min. · France
Synopsis of The Great Mine Disaster
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.
Direction Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Cast Charles Krauss · André Liabel · Marcel Vibert · Cécile Guyon · Camille Bardou · Gilbert Dalleu · René d'Auchy · Henri Gouget · Renée Sylvaire · Mme. Van Doren
Screenplay Émile Zola
Original title Au pays des ténèbres
Also known as The Miner's Heart
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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