La commedia umana (1921)
Sebbene sia l'uomo più ricco della zona, Grandet costringe la moglie e la figlia Eugenie a vivere poveramente. Eugenie, erede dei milioni di Grandet, attira le attenzioni di due pretendenti: un magistrato, Cruchot de Bonfons e Alphonse des Grassins, figlio del banchiere locale. Ma, ecco che dalla città giunge il cugino di Eugenie, Charles, un elegante giovanotto latore però di una tragica notizia, quella del suicidio di suo padre. Eugenie, affascinata dal bel cugino, se ne innamora.
Direttore: Rex Ingram
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Rudolph Valentino as Charles Grandet |
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Alice Terry as Eugenie Grandet |
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Ralph Lewis as Pere Grandet |
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Carrie Daumery as Mere Grandet |
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Bridgetta Clark as Madame des Grassins |
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Mark Fenton as Monsieur des Grassins |
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Ward Wing as Adolphe des Grassins |
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Eric Mayne as Victor Grandet |
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Edward Connelly as Notary Cruchot |
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George Atkinson as Bonfons Cruchot |
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Willard Lee Hall as Abbé Cruchot |
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Mary Hearn as Nanon |
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Eugene Pouyet as Cornoiller |
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Andrée Tourneur as Annette |
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Louise Emmons as Washerwoman (uncredited) |
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John George as Villager (uncredited) |
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Rolfe Sedan as Annette's Suitor (uncredited) |
| Directing | Rex Ingram | Director |
| Writing | June Mathis | Writer |
| Writing | Honoré de Balzac | Story |
| Production | Rex Ingram | Producer |
| Camera | John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |