Pere Goriot
- Episode aired Dec 14, 1958
Balzac's 1835 novel 'Le Pere Giroit' is dramatized, with an impoverished young aristocrat who comes to Paris and befriends Pere Giroit. The story presents a society driven by social ambition... Read allBalzac's 1835 novel 'Le Pere Giroit' is dramatized, with an impoverished young aristocrat who comes to Paris and befriends Pere Giroit. The story presents a society driven by social ambition and a lust for wealth.Balzac's 1835 novel 'Le Pere Giroit' is dramatized, with an impoverished young aristocrat who comes to Paris and befriends Pere Giroit. The story presents a society driven by social ambition and a lust for wealth.