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L'Enfant prodigue (1907 film)
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Wikipedia article
'L'Enfant prodigue' (, French for "The Prodigal Son") was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carr, from his own three-act stage pantomime, 'The Prodigal Son'. The film was basically an unmodified filmed record of his play. Filmed at the Gaumont Film Company studios in May 1907.
The movie premiered at the Thtre des Varits on the Boulevard Montmartre, in Paris, on 20 June 1907.Patrick Robertson, 'Film Facts', Watson-Guptill, 2001, p. 9. .
Carr directed another film version of 'L'Enfant prodigue' in 1916.
Cast (in credits order)
*Georges Wague
*Henri Gouget
*Christiane Mandelys
*Gilberte Sergy
References
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