Top Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
Volpone
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Daniel Prévost
Mosca
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Gérard Jugnot
Grappione
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Robert Hirsch
Seco
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Jean-François Stévenin
Bertuccio
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Inés Sastre
Colomba Bertuccio
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Yves Verhoeven
Captain Secco
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Jacques Mathou
The Judge
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Michel Vivier
Le chef de la police
Overview
A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) greedy "friends".
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