Film / 1937

Gobseck

Name: Gobseck
Genre: Drama
Released: 1937-05-09
Duration: 70 min
Cast: Leonid Leonidov, Aleksandr Shatov, Osip Abdulov, Yelena Gogoleva, Mikhail Sadovsky

Directed by Konstantin Eggert

Drama

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

Early XIX century. Gloomy home lender Gobseck in a suburb of Paris — a silent witness of human tragedy and ruined lives. The power of money equalizes people of different classes and positions, forcing the usurer to ask humbly for a loan. But mountains of rotting goods, gold and silver scrap do not bring happiness to Gobseck. From his own greed he loses his mind and dies..