Screenplay: Ben Jonson

Direction Maurizio Ponzi

Cast Enrico Montesano · Paolo Villaggio · Enrico Maria Salerno · Renzo Montagnani

Plot Ugo Maria Volpone is a very rich shipowner. He dissimulates to be close to die in order to have the attention of three of his friends: Corvino, Voltore and Corbaccio....

Direction Frédéric Auburtin

Cast Gérard Depardieu · Daniel Prévost · Gérard Jugnot · Inés Sastre

Plot A version of Ben Johnson's play: A Venetian swindler goes from town to town pretending to be a dying millionaire in order to attract (and dispose of) greedy "friends".

Direction Eduardo Fuller

Cast Emilio Laguna · Vicente Vega · Alicia Hermida · Francisco Merino

Direction Maurice Tourneur

Cast Harry Baur · Louis Jouvet · Charles Dullin · Jean Témerson

Plot Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order...