Volpone

(1941)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1941

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: France

Director: Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli

Cast: Гарри Баур, Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, Fernand Ledoux, Marion Dorian, Alexandre Rignault, Jean Témerson, Jacqueline Delubac, Louis Frémont, Robert Seller

Plot

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.