The Ponzi Scheme

The Ponzi Scheme

2014•1h 25m•7.8/10

HistoryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(2)

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.

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Production

TV5 Monde, Les Films du Poisson, Conseil Régional du Nord/Pas-de-Calais, CNC, ARTE France Cinéma, Pictanovo

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Scali Delpeyrat

Scali Delpeyrat

Charles Ponzi

Céline Milliat-Baumgartner

Céline Milliat-Baumgartner

Rose

Élizabeth Mazev

Élizabeth Mazev

Imelde Ponzi

Jean-Christophe Quenon

Jean-Christophe Quenon

Cassulo

Marie Dompnier

Marie Dompnier

Lucy Meli

Jean-Marie Denis

John Gnecco

Rodolphe Pauly

Rodolphe Pauly

Franck Pope

Dominique Thomas

Dominique Thomas

Charles Morse

Serge Saada

Le représentant

Karim Rouabah

Le juge

Stéphane Touitou

L'épicier Giberti

Gérard Watkins

Gérard Watkins

Banquier Chmelinski

Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques Bonnaffé

Zarossi

Alice Butaud

Alice Butaud

L'infirmière

Jean Lescot

Jean Lescot

Le prêteur sur gage

Virgile Vaugelade

David Lescot

Micha Lescot

Micha Lescot

Avocat général adjoint Hurwitz

Michel Masiero

Michel Masiero

Daniels

Franck Richard

Percy Lamb

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