---
title: 'Volpone (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maurice Tourneur'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/volpone-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033229/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Volpone (1941)

1941 · 94 min · Comedy · France


## Synopsis

Volpone is a 1941 French historical comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet and Jean Témerson. It is based on the Jacobean play Volpone by English writer Ben Jonson. Jacques de Baroncelli began shooting the film in 1938 but due to funding issues production was halted. Tourneur later took over the direction and completed the film for its release. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director André Barsacq while the costumes were created by Boris Bilinsky.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maurice Tourneur](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-tourneur), [Jacques de Baroncelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-de-baroncelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Stefan Zweig](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-zweig), [Jules Romains](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-romains)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marcel Delannoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-delannoy)

## Cast

- [Colette Régis](https://cinepixo.com/people/colette-regis)
- [Édouard Francomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-francomme)
- [Jacqueline Delubac](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-delubac)
- [Fernand Ledoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-ledoux)
- [Pierre Sabbagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-sabbagh)
- [Roger Blin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-blin)
- [Rodolphe Marcilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolphe-marcilly)
- [Harry Baur](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-baur)
- [Alfred Baillou](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-baillou)
- [Jean Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-lambert)
- [Marcel Melrac](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-melrac)
- [Robert Seller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-seller)
- [Alexandre Rignault](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-rignault)
- [Louis Jouvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jouvet)
- [Henri Farty](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-farty)

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