Jean-Paul Belmondo
Serge Alexandre Stavisky
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Stavisky... is a 1974 French biographical drama film based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair, which led to fatal riots in Paris, the resignation of two prime ministers and a change of ...
- Alain Belmondo
- Stephen Sondheim
- May 15, 1974
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
May 15, 1974 · Stavisky: Directed by Alain Resnais. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale. A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Alain Resnais
- 1974-05-15
The Stavisky affair was a financial scandal in France in 1934, involving embezzler Alexandre Stavisky. The scandal had political ramifications for the Radical-Socialist government after it was revealed that Prime Minister Camille Chautemps had protected Stavisky, who died suddenly in mysterious circumstances.
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Cause of death. Suicide by gunshot. Resting place. Père Lachaise Cemetery. Nationality. French. Occupation. Financier. Serge Alexandre Stavisky (20 November 1886 – 8 January 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair.
- French
- Suicide by gunshot
- Financier
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
Stavisky affair, French financial scandal of 1933 that, by triggering right-wing agitation, resulted in a major crisis in the history of the Third Republic (1870–1940). The scandal came to light in December 1933 when the bonds of a credit organization in Bayonne, founded by the financier Alexandre.
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One of the greatest of the manipulating financiers, and certainly the most fascinating, is Alexandre Stavisky, the emigre son of a Russian Jewish dentist, who's parlayed his personal charm and confidence schemes into a vast stock swindle. Advertisement. He has, in the process, partially deceived even himself.
STAVISKY AFFAIR. BIBLIOGRAPHY. In 1934 a resounding scandal shook the already-contested regime of interwar France, the ThirdRepublic, toitsfoundations. The Stavisky affair combined the financial scams of a swindler and his accomplices, the weaknesses and susceptibilities of government regulators and elected representatives, the perversion of a ...
