L'Argent

Starring: Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Yvette Guilbert, et al.

Adapted from Emile Zola's novel of the same name, L'Argent is an all-too-timely work of filmmaking loosely based off of the 1882 collapse of Union Generale bank, which subsequently crashed the stock market and plunged France into a decade-long recession. Helmed by Marcel L. Herbier, one of the original members of French cinema's avant-garde, the film uses Zola's tale of mid-1800s stock market speculation to comment on the 1920s greed-fueled fascination with global economies. The story centers on the unscrupulous Nicolas Saccard, played by Pierre Alcover, who makes a bad bet, loses his societal standing and his mistress, and tries to recoup it all by backing an aviator with a daredevil plan to cross the Atlantic to exploit raw materials in the New World.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 617311686696
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Flicker Alley
• Director: Marcel L. Herbier
• Starring: Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Yvette Guilbert, Pierre Alcover, Alfred Abel
• Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"