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The mise en scene is beautifully modulated and the performances -- by Emil Jannings, Lil Dagover, and Werner Krauss, among others -- are first-rate.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Overview
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.
Director and cast
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Whatever else may be said about it, the picture is heavy and primitive.
New York Times
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The Con Artist (2010)
Comedy · Crime · Drama · R
An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Director
- Risa Bramon Garcia
- Cast
- Donald Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Russell Peters
IMDb
4.8
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