"Production cinémondial (Firm)" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction films" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Drama" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "L'argent" . . "Comédie dramatique" . "Extrait du résumé figurant sur la jaquette : une guerre secrète oppose Nicolas Saccard, directeur de la Banque Universelle, et le banquier Alphonse Gunderman. Lorsque ce dernier remporte une victoire en empêchant que soit votée une augmentation de capital pour l'une des principales affaires de Saccard, tout bascule. Considéré comme ruiné, Saccard organise sa revanche et se met en tête de financer les recherches de Jacques Hamelin, un aviateur souhaitant exploiter des terrains pétrolifères en Guyane..." . . . . . . . . . "Films dramatiques" . . . . "Motion pictures, French" . . . . . . . "\"[A]n opulent classic of late silent-era cinema, adapted from Zola's novel of the same name. ... Business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former tries to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity student involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic, much to the dismay of his wife Line. The Hamelins become pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators.\"--Container." . . . "\"An opulent class of late silent-era cinema, adapted from Zola's novel of the same name...business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former tries to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity student involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic, much to the dismay of his wife Line. The Hamelins become pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators\" -- Container." . "fiction dramatique (fiction)" . . . . . "Features" . "L'argent Money" . . "Interviews" . . . . . . . "L'Argent" . "Een eerzuchtige zakenman sleept veel mensen mee in een risicovol project." . . . . . "Film adaptations" . . . . . . . . . . . "Zola's novel about the 1868 crisis in Paris was updated to the present, the brink of the Great Depression. The story of conflict between two financiers parallels and intersects the story of an aviator-adventurer and his wife introducing the themes of the materiality of capital versus the power of heroism, life versus capital or love versus money. In a critique of advanced capitalist society, the film employs a systematic series of breaks with the existing conventions of narrative film. These breaks question both the mode of representation and what is being represented. It had been claimed by Noel Burch that it was the first film in which the formal problem of the relationship between the moving camera and shot changes was solved. Ironically, as a film about the corroding powers of money, it was perhaps the costliest French film to that time. This is most evident in the fantastic but stark sets and the employment of a multi-national cast." . . . "Also released as Autour de l'Argent, this French production was based on a novel by Emile Zola. Alcover stars as Nicolas Soccard, a ruthless and untrustworthy banker who is all but ruined by speculating on the European stock market. Exulting in Soccard's imminent destruction are two old enemies, rival businessman Gunderman (Alfred Abel) and cast-off mistress Countess Sandorf (Brigitte Helm). Briefly rescued from poverty when he aligns himself with Hamelin (Henry Victor) a war hero-turned-petroleum profiteer, Soccard once more faces ruination when Hamelin is reported missing and presumed dead. Upon being assured that Hamelin is safe, Soccard cold-bloodedly sets about to stab his new partner in the back and assume control of his petroleum holdings. But Soccard is foiled by the last-minute manipulations of Gunderman, who ends up inviting Hamelin to join his operation. L'Argent was adapted for the screen by Marcel L'Herbier. ₇ Hal Erickson." . . "Silent films" . "Argent (Motion picture : 1928)" . . . . . . "Money" . "Autour de l'Argent" . "Feature films" . "\"An opulent class of late silent-era cinema, adapted from Zola's novel of the same name ... business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former tries to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity student involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic, much to the dismay of his wife Line. The Hamelins become pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators\"--Container." . . . "Films muets France." . . "Seduction *z Drama." . . "France. Ministère de la culture." . . "France. Ministère de la culture," .