Le père Goriot (1972)
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.
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Charles VanelFather Goriot
Bruno GarcinRastignac
Roger JacquetVautrin
Nadine AlariMrs. Claire de Beauséant
Barbara LaageDuchess of Langeais
Annie SavarinSylvie
Marie MergeyMrs. Couture
Georges BeverPoiretJean MoulardMovie DNA
Actor preference736045 · 340005 · 337723Country preferenceFrDecade preference1970
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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.