Karriere in Paris

96 minutes

1/25/1952

Overview

France at the time of the Restoration. The young country gentleman Rastignac comes to Paris to study. He takes up residence in a poor boarding house, where his father Goriot, who has been excluded by his daughters, also lives. The penniless Rastignac is anxious to gain a foothold in Parisian society. His cousin advises him to take the rich banker's wife Delphine, one of Goriot's daughters, as his mistress, which he does. At the same time, however, he falls in love with the laundress Yvette. He is unable to make up his mind when boarding house guest Vautrin suggests a third option: To marry Victorine, the disinherited daughter of a millionaire, and kill her brother in a duel in order to get his inheritance after all. Rastignac agrees. This is his downfall. Instead of high society, he ends up in the gutter.

Cast List

Ernst Legal
as Goriot
Ursula Burg
as Anastasie Gräfin Restaud
Klaramaria Skala
as Delphine Nucingen
Ruth Hausmeister
as Gräfin Beauséant
Erika Glässner
as Herzogin von Meaufraigneuse
Wolfgang Kühne
as Graf Restaud
Albert Garbe
as Bankier Nucingen
Hans-Peter Thielen
as Maxime von Traillers
Erna Sellmer
as Madame Vauquer
Günther Ballier
as Herr im Ballsaal
Werner Peters
as Der junge Taillefer
Ludwig Sachs
as Spieler
Ursula von Manescul
as Yvette
Willy A. Kleinau
as Vautrin
Arthur Wiesner
as Christoph
Friedrich Maurer
as Poiret
Karl Kendzia
as Gobseck
Martin Rosen
as Theaterbsitzer
Herwart Grosse
as Polizist
Hans von Uslar
as Graf d’Adjuda-Pinto
Heinz Hinze
as Agent
Theodor Rocholl
as Arzt
Heino Winkler
as Lakai
Viola Recklies
as Wäscherin
Susanne Düllmann
as Wäscherin
Toni Meitzen
as Groupier
Eduard Bornträger
as Herr
Willy Kaiser-Heyl
as Haushofmeister
Paul Lipinski
as Kartenspieler
Albert Venohr
as Aufseher
Friedrich Kühne
as Invalide