Volpone (1941)
Volpone (1941)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 6100 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:34:00 | France | Comedy
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 6100 kbps | 4.4Gb
Audio: French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
01:34:00 | France | Comedy
One of the finest French language adaptations of an English play, Volpone should be regarded as nothing less than a masterpiece of filmed theatrical farce, although the film is scarcely known today. The film is based on the play "Volpone" by the Elizabethan playwright, Ben Jonson, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, skilfully translated into French by Jules Romains.
Directors: Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli
Cast: Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Jean Temerson, Fernand Ledoux, Jacqueline Delubac, Marion Dorian, Alexandre Rignault, Louis Fremont, Robert Seller, Jean Lambert, Pierre Gianotti, Colette Regis, Alfred Baillou, Roger Blin, Henry Farty, Edouard Francomme, Rodolphe Marcilly, Marcel Melrac, Pierre Moreno, Pierre Sabbagh
Volpone (1941)
Volpone (1941)
Volpone is one of the wealthiest men in Venice, but he has no desire to share his riches with others. When his servant Mosca suggests a scheme to obtain even greater wealth and to settle some scores with his old enemies at the same time, Volpone jumps at the opportunity. All he has to do is to pretend to be dying and to make it known that he has yet to nominate his heir. Sure enough, when they learn the news, his so-called friends begin to fall over themselves offering him gifts in an attempt to buy a place in his will…
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Volpone (1941)
Volpone (1941)
