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Volpone (1941)

Volpone (1941)

Comedy
Release Date: 1941, May 10
Directors: Maurice Tourneur, Jacques de Baroncelli
Countries: France
Production: Ile de France Films
Cast: Roger Blin, Harry Baur, Alexandre Rignault, Alfred Baillou, Fernand Ledoux, Édouard Francomme, Louis Fremont, Colette Régis, Rodolphe Marcilly, Robert Seller, Jean Témerson, Marcel Melrac

Overview:

Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable gifts, and soon finds himself entangled deeper and deeper in a web of lies.