Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
Known For
La Belle Noiseuse
(1991)
Novel
Lost Illusions
(2021)
Novel
Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
Novel
Colonel Chabert
(1994)
Novel
Cousin Bette
(1998)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
The Sealed Room
(1909)
Novel
The False Oath
(1909)
Writer
The Great Breach
(1909)
Writer
Eugénie Grandet
(1910)
Writer
Madame de Langeais
(1910)
Novel
The Living Dead
(1912)
Novel
Maskierte Liebe
(1912)
Story
The Magic Skin
(1915)
Writer
The Thirteenth Man
(1917)
Writer
Narayana
(1920)
Original Story
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
(1920)
Novel
The Man of the Sea
(1920)
Novel
The Dream Cheater
(1920)
Writer
Der Galeerensträfling
(1920)
Story
Desire
(1920)
Original Story
The Conquering Power
(1921)
Story
The Eternal Flame
(1922)
Novel
Le Père Goriot
(1922)
Novel
The Red Inn
(1923)
Novel
Ferragus
(1923)
Writer
Paris at Midnight
(1926)
Writer
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
(1927)
Story
Love
(1928)
Writer
Cousin Bette
(1928)
Novel
Honor of the Family
(1931)
Novel
Un homme sans nom
(1932)
Novel
The Man Without a Name
(1932)
Novel
Gobseck
(1936)
Writer
The Masked Lover
(1940)
Novel
Wicked Duchess
(1942)
Novel
Twisted Mistress
(1942)
Story
Colonel Chabert
(1943)
Novel
La piel de zapa
(1943)
Novel
Father Goriot
(1945)
Novel
Eugenia Grandet
(1946)
Novel
The Royalists
(1947)
Author
The Lovable Cheat
(1949)
Theatre Play
Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur
(1949)
Story
Karriere in Paris
(1952)
Novel
Eugenia Grandet
(1953)
Original Story
Den underbara lögnen
(1955)
Book
Shagreen Leather
(1960)
Novel
The Opportunists
(1960)
Novel
Eugénie Grandet
(1960)
Writer
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
(1961)
Story
La Cousine Bette
(1964)
Writer
Evženie Grandetová
(1966)
Novel
Himself as Herself
(1967)
Novel
Stimulantia
(1967)
Novel
Plukovník Chabert
(1967)
Novel
Le lys dans la vallée
(1970)
Writer
Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa
(1970)
Novel
Mercadet
(1970)
Theatre Play
Wiktoryna, czyli czy pan pochodzi z Beauvais?
(1972)
Novel
My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure
(1973)
Novel
Bratranec Pons
(1973)
Novel
The Magic Skin
(1975)
Novel
Une ténébreuse affaire
(1975)
Novel
Veľká poľovačka
(1975)
Novel
Plukovník Chabert
(1976)
Novel
Le Faiseur
(1977)
Author
Eugenia Grandet
(1977)
Writer
Petřička
(1977)
Novel
Cousin Pons
(1978)
Writer
Le Curé de Tours
(1980)
Novel
Lost Illusions
(1983)
Novel
Gobseck
(1987)
Writer
Mistr Kornelius
(1988)
Book
La Belle Noiseuse
(1991)
Novel
La Femme abandonnée
(1992)
Novel
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
(1992)
Novel
Albert Savarus
(1993)
Writer
De Granšānu ģimenes noslēpumi
(1993)
Novel
Eugénie Grandet
(1994)
Novel
Colonel Chabert
(1994)
Novel
Passion in the Desert
(1997)
Story
Cousin Bette
(1998)
Novel
Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
Novel
Old Goriot
(2004)
Novel
Zakuro Yashiki
(2006)
Writer
The Duchess of Langeais
(2007)
Novel
Nucingen House
(2008)
Novel
The Skin of Sorrow
(2010)
Novel
The Magic Skin
(2011)
Novel
Bolshoi Ballet: Lost Illusions
(2014)
Original Story
Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort
(2017)
Original Story
Lost Illusions
(2021)
Novel
Eugénie Grandet
(2021)
Novel
Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan
(2023)
Novel
Crew