A lost 1943 French epic that Balzac himself might've snuck out to see.
“Vautrin” was adapted from Balzac in three parts: “La Pension Vauquer” partially adapted “Le Père Goriot”; “La maison du canon” and “L’adjuration de Vautrin” are taken from “Splendours and miseries of courtesans”.
Acting
Rignault's Vautrin: charismatic, dangerous, impossible to trust.
Production
1943 wartime France somehow produced this lavish period piece.
Writing
Balzac's dense moral universe compressed into three taut episodes.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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