Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Charles Vanel

Father Goriot

Bruno Garcin

Rastignac

Roger Jacquet

Vautrin

Nadine Alari

Mrs. Claire de Beauséant

Barbara Laage

Duchess of Langeais

Renée Gardès

Mrs. Vauquer

Annie Savarin

Sylvie

Marie Mergey

Mrs. Couture

Georges Bever

Poiret

Guy Kerner

Count of Restaud

Jean Marconi

Valet