Drama · France · 1958 · 1h 34m

The Possessors

Les Grandes Familles

Director

Cast

Jean Gabin as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier Annie Ducaux as Adèle Schoudler, femme de Noël Jean Desailly as François Schoudler, le fils Françoise Christophe as Jacqueline Schoudler, la bru Patrick Millow as Jean-Noël Schoulder, le petit fils Aimé Clariond as Gérard, marquis de La Monnerie

Crew

Louis Page — Director of Photography Jacqueline Thiédot — Editor Maurice Thiriet — Original Music Composer Michel Audiard — Screenplay Denys de La Patellière — Screenplay Maurice Druon — Novel

Synopsis

Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...

Key Collaborators

Denys de La Patellière Director Louis Page Director of Photography Jacqueline Thiédot Editor Maurice Thiriet Original Music Composer Michel Audiard Screenplay Denys de La Patellière Screenplay Maurice Druon Novel Claude Hauser Producer Jean-Paul Guibert Producer René Renoux Production Design

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