Eugénie Grandet

Eugénie Grandet

101 mins | Drama | May 25, 1960

Eugénie Grandet is set in the town of Saumur. Eugénie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance (having inherited the estates of his mother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, and grandmother all in one year). However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter, and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wants Eugénie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wants Eugénie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix. The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get Felix's favour, and Felix in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage.

Eugénie Grandet

101 mins | Drama | May 25, 1960

Eugénie Grandet
Eugénie Grandet is set in the town of Saumur. Eugénie's father Felix is a former cooper who has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance (having inherited the estates of his mother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, and grandmother all in one year). However, he is very miserly, and he, his wife, daughter, and their servant Nanon live in a run-down old house which he is too miserly to repair. His banker des Grassins wants Eugénie to marry his son Adolphe, and his lawyer Cruchot wants Eugénie to marry his nephew President Cruchot des Bonfons, both parties eyeing the inheritance from Felix. The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get Felix's favour, and Felix in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage.
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Евгения Гранде
Directors Sergei Alekseyev
Writers Sergei Alekseyev, Honoré de Balzac

Cast

Mikhail Kozakov

as Charles Grandet

Semyon Mezhinsky

as "Goodman" Grandet

Tatyana Pankova

as Nanon

Ariadna Shengelaia

as Eugenie Grandet

Evdokia Turchaninova

as Madame Grandet

Evgeniy Velikhov

as Cruchot de Bonfon

Nikita Podgornyj

as Adolphe des Grassins

Viktor Khokhryakov

as Monsieur de Grassins

Pyotr Starkovsky

as Doctor

Irina Likso

as Madame de Grassins

Yevgeni Morgunov

as Cooper (uncredited)

Sergey Tikhonravov

as Jeweler (uncredited)

Ivan Guzikov

as Monk (uncredited)

Yuriy Yakovlev

as Narrator (voice)