---
title: 'The Possessors (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Denys de La Patellière'
released: '1958-11-19'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-possessors-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051679/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Possessors (1958)

1958 · 92 min · Drama · France

Original title: Les Grandes Familles

## Synopsis

The Possessors is a 1958 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière, starring Jean Gabin, Pierre Brasseur, Bernard Blier, Jean Desailly, Françoise Christophe and Annie Ducaux. It tells the story of a forceful tycoon wholly devoted to the business he has nurtured, at the expense of his family and above all his only son. The screenplay is based on volume 1 of the novel The Curtain Fall by Maurice Druon, The Magnates, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1948.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Denys de La Patellière](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-de-la-patelliere)
- **Screenplay:** [Denys de La Patellière](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-de-la-patelliere), [Michel Audiard](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-audiard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Thiriet](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-thiriet)
- **Producer:** [Jean-Paul Guibert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-guibert), [Claude Hauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-hauser)
- **Director of Photography:** [Louis Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-page)
- **Editor:** [Jacqueline Thiédot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-thiedot)

## Cast

- [Dominique Rozan](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-rozan)
- [Jean Lanier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-lanier)
- [Jean Ozenne](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-ozenne)
- [Bernard Blier](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-blier)
- [Aimé Clariond](https://cinepixo.com/people/aime-clariond)
- [Julien Bertheau](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-bertheau)
- [Pierre Leproux](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-leproux)
- [Pascal Mazzotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-mazzotti)
- [Jean Gabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gabin)
- [Marc Arian](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-arian)
- [Emmanuelle Riva](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-riva)
- [Nadine de Rothschild](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadine-de-rothschild)
- [Marcel Bernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-bernier)
- [Louis Seigner](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-seigner)
- [Annie Ducaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-ducaux)

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