The Ponzi Scheme

Feb 14, 2014

1h 25m

★ 7.8

Overview

Ponzi, from his arrival in Boston in 1903, to hi death in Rio in 1949. He made himself famous in inventing the first fraud of modern times on a large scale, and inspired Bernard Madoff.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

TV5 Monde

Les Films du Poisson

Conseil Régional du Nord/Pas-de-Calais

CNC

ARTE France Cinéma

Pictanovo

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Cast

Charles Ponzi

Scali Delpeyrat

Rose

Céline Milliat-Baumgartner

Imelde Ponzi

Élizabeth Mazev

Cassulo

Jean-Christophe Quenon

Lucy Meli

Marie Dompnier

John Gnecco

Jean-Marie Denis

Franck Pope

Rodolphe Pauly

Charles Morse

Dominique Thomas

Le représentant

Serge Saada

Le juge

Karim Rouabah

L'épicier Giberti

Stéphane Touitou

Banquier Chmelinski

Gérard Watkins

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