David Golder

Name: David Golder
Director: Julien Duvivier
Released: 1931

Julien Duvivier

rags to riches marital conflict social ambition wealth and greed Jewish identity

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Synopsis

David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. After gaining wealth, he relocates to Paris, only to have his selfish and demanding wife squander his fortune.

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