Balzac

Balzac

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1951

Runtime

0h 24m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Balzac

Production Companies

Les Films du Compas

Director

Jean Vidal

Description

Balzac is a 1951 short documentary film by French director Jean Vidal. It is a biopic on the work, life, and loves of the French playwright and novelist Honoré de Balzac, his evolution as a writer and how his individual works fit into the design of La Comedie Humaine. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1952 and won first prize for best director at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival the same year.