L'Argent (1928 film)
- Pierre Alcover: Nicolas Saccard
- Marie Glory: Line Hamelin
- Brigitte Helm: Baroness Sandorf
- Yvette Guilbert: La Méchain
- Henry Victor: Jacques Hamelin
- Alfred Abel: Alphonse Gunderman
- Pierre Juvenet: Baron Defrance
- Antonin Artaud: Mazaud
- Jules Berry: Reporter Huret
- Alexandre Mihalesco: Salomon Massias
The money is a film directed by Marcel L' Herbier from the year 1928. It is based on the novel L' Argent by Émile Zola, published in 1891.
Action
The banker Nicolas Saccard funded company and is active as a punter. His main business gets into financial difficulties, it is additionally brought by its competitor, the banker Gunderman, to the brink of ruin. He sees his only chance to drive the price of its shares back up the fact that he financed a lucrative business. It supports one flight of aviator Hamelin, who wants to build a project for oil production in French Guiana.
When the news circulating about Hamelin's crash, Saccard uses this recognized by him wrong message to manipulate the stock price of the company in his favor. He also tried during the absence and ignorance Hamelin to seduce his wife. Gunderman and the Baroness Sandorf, a former lover Saccard, Saccard see through actions and disapprove of the unethical speculation. Gunderman has secretly acquired the Bank Saccard shares of his bank and applies them as leverage against Saccard. Sandorf convinced Line Hamelin, display against Saccard to repay. He ends up in jail, but there already is planning a new financial coup.
Reviews
" A silent film based on a novel by Emile Zola, whose story seems amazing to date and denouncing a financial management that is focused on profit at any cost. The lavish silent film with an original maturity of 200 minutes counted for Orson Welles as one of the " great masterpieces " of his era. "