Directed by Michel Carré Running time 90 minutes Initial release 20 June 1907 (France) Screenplay Michel-Antoine Carré | Written by Michel Carré Country France Director Michel-Antoine Carré Distributed by Pathé | |
Starring Georges Wague
Henri Gouget Release date 20 June 1907 (1907-06-20) (France)
12 October 1907 (1907-10-12) (U.S.) Cast Georges Wague, Christiane Mandelys, Henri Gouget, Gilberte Sergy Similar The Prodigal Trilogy, The Imposter, With Our King and Queen Th, The Child Prodigy, Vie et Passion du Christ | ||
L'Enfant prodigue ([lɑ̃.fɑ̃ pʁɔ.diɡ], French for "The Prodigal Son") was the first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, 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 Théâtre des Variétés on the Boulevard Montmartre, in Paris, on June 20, 1907.
Carré directed another film version of L'Enfant prodigue in 1916.
Cast (in credits order)
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