The Opportunists

Directed by Louis Daquin
April 8, 1960    1h 52mDrama, History
5.35.0
A former colonel who has achieved prestige in the Napoleonic army does not want to serve the Bourbons after the emperor's banishment. He makes his way through life with matchmaking and inheritance scams, marries his uncle's rich widow and ends up in poverty again after a bad speculation.

Where to Watch The Opportunists

  • Madeleine RobinsonFlore Brazier
  • Jean-Claude PascalPhilippe Brideau
  • Harry RiebauerMax Gillet
  • Wolf von BeneckendorffBotschafter
  • Erika PelikowskyAgathe Rouget / Brideau
  • Ekkehard SchallJoseph Bridau
  • Gerhard BienertJean-Jacques Rouget
  • Clara GansardMariette Bridou
  • Ivan MalréSt. Auban
  • Bella WaldritterMs. Descoings
  • Adolf Peter HoffmannGiroudeau
  • Werner DisselFario
  • Laufer'Mignonnet'
  • Barbara Brecht-SchallVedie
  • Kati SzékelyConchita
  • Louis DaquinDirector / Writer
  • Klaus WischnewskiWriter
  • Honoré de BalzacNovel
  • Eugen KlagemannDirector Of Photography
  • Ursula RudzkiEditor

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