L'Enfant prodigue (1907 film)

L'Enfant prodigue
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 (U.S.);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France

L'Enfant prodigue (French pronunciation: [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 three-act stage pantomime, The Prodigal Son. The film was an unmodified filmed record of his play. Filmed at the Gaumont company studios in May 1907.

The film premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés on the Boulevard Montmartre, in Paris, on 20 June 1907.^[1]

Carré directed another film version of L'Enfant prodigue in 1916.

Studio photograph of Georges Wague as Pere Pierrot in *L'Enfant prodigue*

Cast (in credits order)

References

↑ Patrick Robertson, Film Facts, Watson-Guptill, 2001, p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8230-7943-8.

External links

L'Enfant prodigue at IMDb

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[1] Patrick Robertson, Film Facts, Watson-Guptill, 2001, p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8230-7943-8.

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