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".

• Gérard Depardieu
• Daniel Prévost
• Gérard Jugnot
• Robert Hirsch
• Jean-François Stévenin
• Inés Sastre
• Yves Verhoeven
• Jacques Mathou