Stavisky
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| Stavisky | |
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| Directed by | Alain Resnais |
| Written by | Jorge Semprún |
| Starring | Jean-Paul Belmondo Anny Duperey |
| Music by | Stephen Sondheim |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Country | France / Italy |
| Language | French |
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Stavisky is a 1974 French film drama based on a true story surrounding a 1934 political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair. The film was directed by Alain Resnais and featured Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role of the flamboyant embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and Anny Duperey as his beautiful wife, Arlette. It also features a musical score by Stephen Sondheim.
[edit] Plot
Stavisky is a Franco-Russian con man (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who has made his money selling false bonds to his chain of pawn shops. His financial security is based on jewels given to him by an Empress. The discovery that they are glass ruins him and his con activities are exposed. He is discovered by authorities in Chamonix and commits suicide.
The unfolding story is intercut with a sub-plot covering the period of Trotsky's exile in France around the same time.
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