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Balzac: A Life of Passion

5.3 240 mins Drama   Romance   1999
MEDIA Programme of the European Union   DD Productions   Mediaset   Taurus Film   TF1   Okko Production   CNC   GMT Productions  
Director(s): Josée Dayan

This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac, a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that he shaped into one spectacular and unforgettable blaze of passion. At the heart of the story are the women in Balzac's life. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.

Casts of Balzac: A Life of Passion

Gérard Depardieu

as Honoré de Balzac

Jeanne Moreau

as Charlotte-Laure

Fanny Ardant

as Eve Hanska

Virna Lisi

as Madame de Berny

Katja Riemann

as Laure d'Abrantès

Claude Rich

as Maitre Plissoud

Gert Voss

as Victor Hugo

Sergio Rubini

as Eugene Sue

François Marthouret

as Doctor Nacquart

Marianne Denicourt

as Adèle Hugo

Gottfried John

as Count Hanska

Pascal Vannson

as Paradis

Enguerran Demeulenaere

as Balzac as a Child

Saturnin Barré

as Leon

Franck de la Personne

as Buisson - Taylor

Roland Blanche

as Gosselin - Editor

Daniel Dadzu

as Orfevre

Dominique Besnehard

as Werdet - Editor

Lucie Volmanova

as Anna Hanska as a Child

Sunnyi Melles

as Baroness von Galvenberg

Katja Studt

as Anna Hanska

Franck Manzoni

as Sgt. de Ville

Hervé Briaux

as Charles Sedillot

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