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Volpone

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Original title

Volpone

Year

1941

Running time

94 min.

Country

France

Director

Maurice Tourneur

Screenwriter

Jules Romains. Play: Ben Jonson, Stefan Zweig

Cast

Music

Marcel Delannoy

Cinematography

Armand Thirard (B&W)

Producer

Île de France Film

Genre

Comedy | Stage Play. 17th Century

Movie Groups

Stefan Zweig Adaptations

Synopsis

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.

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Volpone

1941

Maurice Tourneur