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Volpone (1941)
Directed by Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli
Overview
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.
Length 94 minutes
Actors
Harry Baur | Louis Jouvet | Charles Dullin | Fernand Ledoux | Marion Dorian | Alexandre Rignault | Jean Témerson | Jacqueline Delubac | Louis Frémont | Robert Seller | Jean Lambert | Pierre Gianotti | Colette Régis | Alfred Baillou | Roger Blin | Henry Farty | Edouard Francomme | Rodolphe Marcilly | Marcel Melrac | Pierre Moreno | Pierre Sabbagh