Father Goriot (1921)
- Original title
- Le Père Goriot
- Directed by
- Jacques de Baroncelli
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- France
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A silent French film adaptation of Balzac's novel about an aging father living in a boarding house who sacrifices everything for his two daughters. It explores themes of parental love and social ambition in 19th century Paris.
silentdramaticclassicmelancholicslow-burnatmospheric
What happens
Le Père Goriot est un film muet français réalisé par Jacques de Baroncelli, sorti en 1921. Il s'agit d'une adaptation du roman Le Père Goriot d'Honoré de Balzac, dont la publication commence dans la Revue de Paris et qui paraît en 1835 en librairie. Il fait partie des Scènes de la vie privée de La Comédie humaine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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