''David Golder'' is a 1931 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Julien Duvivier and starring

Harry Baur Harry Baur (12 April 1880 – 8 April 1943) was a French actor. Initially a stage actor, Baur appeared in about 80 films between 1909 and 1942. He gave an acclaimed performance as the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the biopic ''Beethoven's Gr ...

, Paule Andral and . It is an adaptation of

Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist of Russian Jewish origin who was born in Kyiv, the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France, and wrote in French, but was denied French citizenship. Arr ...

's 1929 novel '' David Golder'', about a self-made Jewish businessman.

Cast

as David Golder * Paule Andral as Gloria, his wife * as Joyce, his daughter * Jean Bradin as Prince Alec, Joyce's fiancé *

Gaston Jacquet Gaston Émile Marius Jacquet (14 August 1883 – 28 January 1970) was a French actor. Jacquet was born in Lanas, Ardèche, France and died in 1970 in Thonex in Switzerland. Selected filmography * ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921) * ''Th ...

as Count Hoyos *

Jean Coquelin Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin Benoît-Constant Coquelin (; 23 January 184127 January 1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin the Elder"), was a French actor, "one of the ...

as Fischel *

Camille Bert Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926) * ' ...

as Tübingen, Golder's Berlin business associate * Jacques Grétillat as Marcus, Golder's former associate * as Soifer, Golder's friend * as doctor *Charles Dorat as young emigrant *Nicole Yoghi as nurse

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* Films directed by Julien Duvivier French drama films Films about businesspeople Films based on French novels French black-and-white films 1931 drama films 1930s French-language films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub