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Le Père Goriot
Overview
Jean-Joachim Goriot, a merchant who got rich during the Revolution, is obsessed with the love of his two daughters, whose social promotion he wants. He endows them richly, ruins himself to pay their debts, but Delphine and Anastasie do not return his affection and abandon him at the time of his death to run to a big ball.
Director and cast
- Charles Vanel as Father Goriot
- Bruno Garcin as Rastignac
- Roger Jacquet as Vautrin
- Monique Nevers as Delphine de Nucingen
- Elia Clermont as Anastasie de Restaud
- Nadine Alari as Mrs. Claire de Beauséant
- Barbara Laage as Duchess of Langeais
- François Tilly as Bianchon
- Renée Gardès as Mrs. Vauquer
- Annie Savarin as Sylvie
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