Vautrin (film)

Vautrin
Directed by	Pierre Billon
Written by	Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Pierre Benoit Pierre Billon
Based on	Novels by Honoré de Balzac
Produced by	Jean Le Duc Roger Sallard
Starring	Michel Simon Madeleine Sologne Georges Marchal
Cinematography	Paul Cotteret
Edited by	André Gug Madeleine Gug
Music by	Maurice Thiriet
Production company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Compagnie Parisienne de Location de Films
Release date	13 December 1943 (1943-12-13)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Vautrin is a 1943 French historical drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Michel Simon, Madeleine Sologne and Georges Marchal. It is based on the novels featuring the character of Vautrin by Honoré de Balzac—Illusions perdues, Père Goriot and Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes[1]—and is one of a number of adaptations of the author's works during the Occupation period.[2] It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris and on location around Fontainebleau. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Cast

• Michel Simon as Jacques Collin dit Vautrin
• Madeleine Sologne as Esther Gobseck
• Georges Marchal as Lucien Chardon - marquis de Rubempré
• Louis Seigner as Le baron Frédéric de Nucingen
• Gisèle Casadesus as Clotilde de Grandlieu
• Lucienne Bogaert as Europe
• Renée Albouy as La marquise Jeanne d'Espard
• Line Noro as Madame de Saint-Estève
• Gisèle Préville as Diane de Maufrigneuse
• Marcel André as Camusot
• Georges Colin as Cotenson
• Nane Germon as Amélie Camusot
• Pierre Labry as Paccard
• Michèle Lahaye as Madame de Sérizy
• Tony Laurent as Le chef de la Sûreté
• Georges Marny as Eugène de Rastignac
• Guillaume de Sax as Le gouverneur
• Jacques Varennes as e procureur Grandville
• Marcel Mouloudji as Calvi
• Georges Paulais as Maître Dherville
• Lycette Darsonval as La danseuse
• Hélène Dartigue as Amélie
• René Blancard as Coquard

References

1. Goble p.112
2. Neupert p.288

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Neupurt, Richard. French Film History, 1895–1946. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2022.

External links

• Vautrin at IMDb