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Following some dodgy dealings, stockbroker Saccard is determined to pull himself out of the gutter and regain is reputation. He is of such ill repute that few, not even his own brother, want anything to do with him. Yet against all the odds he manages to establish a bank. Using straw men and secret knowledge of the course of the war, Saccard inflates the bank’s shares to feed his own sordid desire for speculation. Unfortunately, false success rarely endures. The preserved material is a fragment. (stumfilm.dk)Read moreLess
Following some dodgy dealings, stockbroker Saccard is determined to pull himself out of the gutter and regain is reputation. He is of such ill repute that few, not even his own brother, want anything to do with him. Yet against all the odds he manages to establish a bank. Using straw men and secret knowledge of the course of the war, Saccard inflates the bank’s shares to feed his own sordid desire for speculation. Unfortunately, false success rarely endures. The preserved material is a fragment. (stumfilm.dk)
The story
Following some dodgy dealings, stockbroker Saccard is determined to pull himself out of the gutter and regain is reputation. He is of such ill repute that few, not even his own brother, want anything to do with him. Yet against all the odds he manages to establish a bank. Using straw men and secret knowledge of the course of the war, Saccard inflates the bank’s shares to feed his own sordid desire for speculation. Unfortunately, false success rarely endures. The preserved material is a fragment. (stumfilm.dk)
Cast & crew
Karl MantziusSaccard
Robert SchybergHamelin, ingeniør, Saccards ven
Augusta BladFru Caroline, Hamelins søster
Carl LauritzenRougon, minister, Saccards bror
Frederik JacobsenDéjoie, kammertjener hos Saccard
Christian SchrøderBusch
Svend AggerholmMazaud, veksellerer
Alma HindingMazauds hustru
Lily FrederiksenMazauds barn
Aage HertelDaigremont, rigmandExplore the crew
- Director
- Karl Mantzius
- Writer
- Carl Theodor Dreyer