The Earth (1921 film)

1921 film

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The Earth
(La Terre)

Poster by Adrien Barrère

Directed by| André Antoine
Written by| André Antoine
Émile Zola
Starring| Armand Bour
René Alexandre
Germaine Rouer
Jean Hervé
Cinematography| Léonce-Henri Burel

Release date

* 13 October 1921 (1921-10-13)

Running time

| approximately 90 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

The Earth (La Terre) is a silent film based on the 1887 novel of the same name by Émile Zola. It was directed by French theatre manager, André Antoine.

Antoine was notable for bringing a certain form of naturalism to the theater and films such as The Earth. Louis Feuillade observed that these dramas "eschew any fantasy and represent men and things as they are, not as they should be."[1] Although the principal players were accomplished actors from the Comédie-Française, Antoine further heightened the film's naturalism by casting many nonprofessionals from the region in the film.[1]

## Plot

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The story takes place within the Fouan family. The elderly father Fouan (Armand Bour) decides to share his property between his children, dependent on them to house him, feed him and give him two hundred francs a year each. They do not do their job very well, especially his son, Buteau (Jean Hervé), who is gradually dispossessing Fouan of his meager fortune.

Buteau has two cousins, the Mouche sisters. He has a child by the first, Lise (Jeanne Briey), whom he married when she became a rich heiress.

Buteau and Lise confront her sister, Françoise (Germaine Rouer), in a field. Lise pushes her sister onto a scythe, severely wounding her, and she and Buteau abandon her to her fate. Francoise is taken to a house, but dies from the injury.

Father Fouan is left to wander through rain and snow, with nowhere to live.

## Location

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* Cloyes-sur-le-Loir in the Eure-et-Loir department and the natural région of Beauce in France.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Quoted in La Terre, Turner Classic Movies, https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/152158
2. ^ IMDb La Terre (1921) Filming & Production

## External links

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* The Earth at IMDb

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Émile Zola

Les Rougon-Macquart|

* La Fortune des Rougon
* La Curée
* Le Ventre de Paris
* La Conquête de Plassans
* La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret
* Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
* L'Assommoir
* Une page d'amour
* Nana
* Pot-Bouille
* Au Bonheur des Dames
* La joie de vivre
* Germinal
* L'Œuvre
* La Terre
* Le Rêve
* La Bête humaine
* L'Argent
* La Débâcle
* Le Docteur Pascal

Other novels|

* Les Mystères de Marseille
* Thérèse Raquin
* Madeleine Férat
* L'Inondation
* The Three Cities

Non-fiction|

* J'Accuse...!

Libretti|

* Messidor (1897)
* L'Ouragan (1901)
* L'Enfant roi (1905)
* Les Quatre journées (1916)

Film adaptations|

* L'Assommoir (1909)
* Germinal (1913)
* Maddalena Ferat (1920)
* The Earth (1921)
* Nana (1926)
* L'Argent (1928)
* Thérèse Raquin (1928)
* The Struggle (1931)
* Nana (1934)
* La Bête Humaine (1938)
* Shop Girls of Paris (1943)
* Nana (1944)
* Thérèse Raquin (1953)
* Human Desire (1954)
* Nana (1955)
* Gervaise (1956)
* La Bestia humana (1957)
* Lovers of Paris (1957)
* Germinal (1963)
* The Game Is Over (1966)
* The Demise of Father Mouret (1970)
* Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (1982)
* Nana (1985)
* Germinal (1993)
* Thirst (2009)
* In Secret (2013)

Musical adaptations|

* Le Rêve (1891 opera)
* L'attaque du moulin (1893 opera)
* Lazare (1903 oratorio)
* Naïs Micoulin (1907 opera)
* Thou Shalt Not (2001 musical)
* Thérèse Raquin (2001 opera)

Television adaptations|

* Cruel Train (1995 film)
* The Paradise (2012 series)
* The Ladies' Paradise (2015 series)

Related|

* François Zola (father)
* Naturalism
* Portrait of Emile Zola (1868 painting)
* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* The Life of Emile Zola (1937 film)
* Cézanne et Moi (2016 film)

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