A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) greedy "friends".
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Gérard Depardieu
Volpone
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Daniel Prévost
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Gérard Jugnot
Grappione
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The Chorus
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Robert Hirsch
Seco
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Jean-François Stévenin
Bertuccio
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
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Inés Sastre
Colomba Bertuccio
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Yves Verhoeven
Captain Secco
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Daddy or Mommy
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Jacques Mathou
The Judge
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Delicatessen
Betty Blue
Michel Vivier
Le chef de la police
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Emily in Paris
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Alain Prévost
Nano
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Fort Boyard
Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
Ângelo Torres
Castrato
Known for
Foreign Land
José Manuel Rosado
Le riche marchand
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Espião Nacionalizado Nosso
Frédéric Auburtin Director · Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Screenplay Ben Jonson Writer
First release December 1, 2004
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 1, 2004
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