A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victorine Taillefer, a young lady her rich father refuses to recognize; Horace Bianchon, a medical student; Monsieur Vautrin, a mysterious and disconcerting man; Goriot, a rich merchant who spent all his fortune for his daughters, Delphine and Anastasie, to make a rich marriage. Eugène becomes friends with Goriot but while the former, thanks to his cousin Madame de Beauséant, is introduced in high society, Goriot, both exploited and scoffed at by his daughters, continues his descent into hell.
                                    Charles Aznavour
Jean-Joachim Goriot
                                    Tchéky Karyo
Vautrin
                                    Malik Zidi
Eugène de Rastignac
                                    Maruschka Detmers
La vicomtesse de Beauséant
                                    Nadia Barentin
Mme Vauquer
                                    Florence Darel
Delphine de Nucingen
                                    Rosemarie La Vaullée
Anastasie de Restaud
                                    Pierre Vernier
Poiret
                                    Anca Androne
Victorine Taillefer
                                    Mihai Călin
Horace Bianchon
                                    Monalisa Basarab
Princesse de Galathionne
                                    Vlad Ivanov
Gondureau
                                    Luana Stoica
Sylvie
                                    Dominique Labourier
Mlle Michonneau
                                    Lamia Beligan
Thérèse
                                    Gelu Nitu
Le marquis d'Ajuta-Pinto