Movie: The Ponzi Scheme

Top 10 Billed 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
Jean-Marie Denis

John Gnecco

Rodolphe Pauly
Rodolphe Pauly

Franck Pope

Dominique Thomas
Dominique Thomas

Charles Morse

Serge Saada
Serge Saada

Le représentant

Karim Rouabah
Karim Rouabah

Le juge

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2014-02-14

  • Average

    7.8

  • Rating:

    3.9 starts
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    Français
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