Summary Eugénie's father 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 Saumur (France) 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 des Bonfons, both parties eyeing her inheritance. The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get father's favor, and he in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage. View more details
Directed : Sergei Alekseyev
Written : Sergei Alekseyev Honoré de Balzac
Stars : Ariadna Shengelaia Mikhail Kozakov Semyon Mezhinsky Tatyana Pankova
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 24, 1960
Countries of origin : Soviet Union
Language : Russian
Filming locations : Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia
Production companies : Mosfilm
Summary Eugénie's father 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 Saumur (France) 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 des Bonfons, both parties eyeing her inheritance. The two families constantly visit the Grandets to get father's favor, and he in turn plays them off against each other for his own advantage. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 24, 1960
Countries of origin : Soviet Union
Language : Russian
Filming locations : Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia
Production companies : Mosfilm
