This film is also known as, Card Game (1896), Partie de Cartes (1896) and A Quiet Game of Écarté (1896). The Messers Lumière at Cards (1896), is a great pioneering film. The scene is clearly staged, because the film is considered the first alcoholic beverage commercial ever made. The main guy at the table, owned either a beer, wine or alcohol factory. He was very popular back then, so people seeing him pour and drink his beverage on film, was technically free advertising. To keep things in order, all of the film was staged, although the waiter does overact a little. Are these the first hired actors maybe? Probably not, but the idea is there and the seeds to narrative drama, begin to grow, in 1896. The Messers Lumière at Cards (1896), is a Lumiere classic, with their pioneering glow, once again, making cinematic discoveries, with every film they release.
9.3 (A MyGrade) = 9 IMDB.