born May 20, 1799 by “Eugenie Grandet,” “Gobseck” and “shagreen” – French writer Honore de Balzac. It is considered one of the founders of realism in European literature.
Dickens, Dostoevsky, Faulkner – all at one time were read Balzac, who during his lifetime was named the greatest writer of the nineteenth century.
«Shine and poverty courtesans»
French mini-series directed by Maurice Kazneva released in 1975. Mores of Parisian society of the XIX century presented in nine series.
protagonist Lucien Chardon tries to commit suicide on the riverbank. Suicide prevents Abbe Carlos Herrera. He delves into the problem of Chardon and offers him a better deal: help and protection in exchange for unquestioning obedience.
Another man, life changes dramatically Chardon become a courtesan Esther. Location girls will look noble baron, and Esther agreed to give heart to another, making a miserable Lucien.
«Century Maupassant. Novels and short stories of the nineteenth century »
This French series was released in 2009. Underlying – unknown works by writers of the XIX century. In addition to the authors Balzac 16 episodes, divided into four seasons, drew attention to Victor Hugo, Emile Zola and Anatole France. Each series – an adaptation of a literary work the individual was working on different directors. Among them – Jacques Santamaria, Claude Chabrol, Zhurdui Gerard Philippe and Laurent Monnier Eynemann. Composition actors also changed from series to series. Role, for example, performed Mathilda May, Marie-Anne Shazel, Julie Depardieu, Eddie Mitchell.
Creators chose not to experiment with plot, and retell stories close to the original texts. In each series, palpable atmosphere of ancient France.
First-anthology series aired on France 2.
«Eugene Grande»
eponymous novel by Balzac interested Soviet filmmakers. As a result, in 1960, screens out the drama of life in a provincial family Grande, where the despotic father torments his wife and daughter Eugenia.
Young Eugene falls in love with his cousin Charles, heir to a large fortune would be and will be in the status of women betrayed lover.
In the film, played by Simon Mejinschi, Evdokia Turchaninova Ariadne Shengelaja Mikhail Kazakov.
«Colonel Chabert»
film production Leningrad television came in 1978.
protagonist, Colonel Chabert, is badly wounded, participating in the Russian-Prussian War. Scraper long presumed dead, but he suddenly returned to Paris, where he learns that deprived of all his wealth. The property passed to his officer’s wife, who, having learned about the “death” of the spouse remarried.
roles in the film the director Irina Sorokina performed Vladislav Strzhelchik Oleg Basilashvili Natalia Tenyakova, Mikhail Boyarsky.
«shagreen leather»
Film Franco-Belgian production in 2010 is directed by Alain Berliner. The plot of the novel, which became the basis of the series, in Balzac ornate and full of intrigue. In the center of the action young man Raphael de Valentin. He was seriously ambitious. Rafael wants to become famous and rich, but always fails. Publisher does not accept manuscript de Valenti lady rejects the advances and debts are growing every day.
What remains poor guy? Suicide seems to him the best way out of the situation. But once in the store Antiques Rafael, where he meets a strange man. It offers the young man a deal – all desires de Valenti will serve as a talisman shagreen. Instead Rafael will sacrifice their lives for years. It will begin to shrink with every desire fulfilled.
Cast – Tom Koeman, Annabelle Ettmann, Jean-Pierre Marel.
INTERESTING FACTS. Balzac almost became a lawyer
– Honore de Balzac was born in Tours in a peasant family from Languedoc;
– Parents want to see Balzac office lawyer. So young Honore received appropriate education: studied at the Place Vendome and the Paris College Law School, worked as a scribe at the notary. But the passion for literature brought to naught all the efforts of parents, a lawyer and Balzac did not;
– First Balzac novels published in 1823. Later, he called them “literary beastliness”, as they were written in the spirit of the fashion at the time of Romanticism. By the way, the novels were published under pseudonyms;
– Balzac crashed in the field of publishing activities;
– In 1829 was published the novel “Chouans.” This work Balzac signed real name and not a pseudonym;
– Honore Balzac worked 15 hours a day and published for three to six books a year;
– Balzac wrote their works, keeping your feet in cold water;
– The writer was an avid coffee people. On the day he drank more than 50 cups of coffee, and later began to have dry ground coffee.
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