Stavisky

Streaming video - 1974

STAVISKY was a man haunted by his father's desire to be accepted by French society. STAVISKY pushed his Russian Jewish father's dream to its extreme. A charmer, a gambler and a crook, he became the darling of French High Society. But when his father found out that his son was wanted by the police he killed himself. The STAVISKY affair was a scandal that rocked 1930s France. The scandal spread far and wide. STAVISKY had seduced the rich and famous into his web of deception and lies. One evening, STAVISKY got up from an extravagant dinner party. Leaving his fawning friends, he walked to the graveside of his lost father. Ready to meet his maker...