L'Enfant prodigue (film)
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| L'Enfant prodigue | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michel Carré |
| Written by | Michel Carré |
| Starring |
Georges Wague Henri Gouget |
| Distributed by | Pathé Frères |
| Release dates |
20 June 1907 (France) 12 October 1907 (US) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
L'Enfant prodigue (France, 1907) (The Prodigal Son) was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, fils from his own three-act stage pantomime, the film was basically an unmodified record, filmed at the Gaumont Film Company studios in May 1907.
The film premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés on the Boulevard Montmartre, in Paris, on June 20, 1907.[1]
Carré directed another film version of L'Enfant prodigue in 1916.
Cast (in credits order)
- Georges Wague
- Henri Gouget
- Christiane Mandelys
- Gilberte Sergy
References
- ↑ Patrick Robertson, Film Facts, Watson-Guptill, 2001, p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8230-7943-8.
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