The Opportunists (1960)

Original title

Les arrivistes

Directed by

Louis Daquin

Genre

drama film

Country

German Democratic Republic, France

Runtime

1h 49m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small town in 19th century France, family feuds and greed drive people to betray one another. This film follows a young man as he navigates a web of lies and manipulation while trying to secure his inheritance.

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What happens

The Opportunists (French: Les arrivistes, German: Trübe Wasser) is a 1960 French-East German drama film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Madeleine Robinson, Jean-Claude Pascal and Clara Gansard. It was a co-production between Pathé and DEFA. The source material is Honoré de Balzac's novel La Rabouilleuse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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