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Noël Schoudler, founder of an empire built on three foundations - sugar, banking and the press - reigns like an absolute sovereign over his business and his family. But someone is about to challenge this authority: his son François...
Theatrical
Jul 20, 1959
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Filmsonor, Intermondia Films
Original Title
Les Grandes Familles
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Gabin
Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
A
Annie Ducaux
Adèle Schoudler, femme de Noël
J
Jean Desailly
François Schoudler, le fils
F
Françoise Christophe
Jacqueline Schoudler, la bru
P
Patrick Millow
Jean-Noël Schoulder, le petit fils
A
Aimé Clariond
Gérard, marquis de La Monnerie
J
Jean Murat
Le général Robert de La Monnerie
F
Françoise Delbart
Isabelle de la Monnerie
L
Louis Seigner
Raoul Leroy
J
Jean Wall
Pierre Leroy
J
Jean Ozenne
le professeur Émile Lartois
B
Bernard Blier
Simon Lachaume, bras droit de Noël
P
Pierre Brasseur
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
J
Julien Bertheau
Le père de Lesquendieu
D
Daniel Lecourtois
Albéric Canet
J
Jean Lanier
Voisart, l'agent de change de Lucien
N
Nadine Tallier
Sylvaine Dual, l'amie de Maublanc
P
Pierre Leproux
L'impresario de Sylvaine Dual
J
Jacques Monod
Anatole Rousseau, ministre des finances
M
Michèle Nadal
La sténo du journal
