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
Stimulantia
(1967)
Novel
Albert Savarus
(1993)
Writer
The Royalists
(1947)
Author
Eugénie Grandet
(2021)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
The False Oath
(1909)
Writer
The Great Breach
(1909)
Writer
The Sealed Room
(1909)
Novel
Madame de Langeais
(1910)
Novel
Eugénie Grandet
(1910)
Writer
Maskierte Liebe
(1912)
Story
The Living Dead
(1912)
Novel
The Magic Skin
(1915)
Writer
The Thirteenth Man
(1917)
Writer
The Man of the Sea
(1920)
Novel
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen
(1920)
Novel
Der Galeerensträfling
(1920)
Story
Desire
(1920)
Original Story
Narayana
(1920)
Original Story
The Dream Cheater
(1920)
Writer
The Conquering Power
(1921)
Story
Le Père Goriot
(1922)
Novel
The Eternal Flame
(1922)
Novel
Ferragus
(1923)
Writer
The Red Inn
(1923)
Novel
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
Twisted Mistress
(1942)
Story
Wicked Duchess
(1942)
Novel
Colonel Chabert
(1943)
Novel
La piel de zapa
(1943)
Novel
Father Goriot
(1945)
Novel
Eugenia Grandet
(1946)
Novel
The Royalists
(1947)
Author
Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur
(1949)
Story
The Lovable Cheat
(1949)
Theatre Play
Karriere in Paris
(1952)
Novel
Eugenia Grandet
(1953)
Original Story
Den underbara lögnen
(1955)
Book
The Opportunists
(1960)
Novel
Shagreen Leather
(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
Plukovník Chabert
(1967)
Novel
Stimulantia
(1967)
Novel
Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa
(1970)
Novel
Le lys dans la vallée
(1970)
Writer
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
Petřička
(1977)
Novel
Eugenia Grandet
(1977)
Writer
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
De Granšānu ģimenes noslēpumi
(1993)
Novel
Albert Savarus
(1993)
Writer
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