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The Possessors

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Directed by
  
Denys de La Patellière

Cinematography
  
Louis Page

Music by
  
Maurice Thiriet

Produced by
  
Jean-Paul GuibertClaude Hauser

Screenplay by
  
Denys de La PatellièreMichel Audiard

Based on
  
The Magnates by Maurice Druon

The Possessors (French: Les Grandes familles) is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of an industrial and newspaper tycoon and his sons. The screenplay is based on a novel by Maurice Druon, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1948.

The film recorded 4,042,041 admissions in France. Gabin received the 1959 David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor.

Cast

  • Jean Gabin as Noël Schoudler
  • Jean Desailly as François Schoudler
  • Pierre Brasseur as Lucien Maublanc
  • Bernard Blier as Simon Lachaume
  • Françoise Christophe as Jacqueline Schoudler
  • Annie Ducaux as Adèle Schoudler
  • Louis Seigner as Raoul Leroy
  • Jean Wall as Pierre Leroy
  • Julien Bertheau as Lesquendieu's father
  • Daniel Lecourtois as Canet
  • Aimé Clariond as Gérard de la Monnerie
  • Françoise Delbart as Isabelle de la Monnerie

    • References

    The Possessors Wikipedia
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