Jean-Joachim Goriot, a merchant who got rich during the Revolution, is obsessed with the love of his two daughters, whose social promotion he wants. He endows them richly, ruins himself to pay their debts, but Delphine and Anastasie do not return his affection and abandon him at the time of his death to run to a big ball.
Charles Vanel
as Father Goriot
Bruno Garcin
as Rastignac
Roger Jacquet
as Vautrin
Monique Nevers
as Delphine de Nucingen
Elia Clermont
as Anastasie de Restaud
Nadine Alari
as Mrs. Claire de Beauséant
Barbara Laage
as Duchess of Langeais
François Tilly
as Bianchon
Renée Gardès
as Mrs. Vauquer
Annie Savarin
as Sylvie
Paul Rieger
as Christophe
Kathy Fraisse
as Victorine Taillefer
