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  1. Serge Alexandre Stavisky (20 November 1886 – 8 January 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair. [1] [2] Early life [ edit ]

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    Stavisky... is a 1974 French biographical drama film based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair, which led to fatal riots in Paris, the resignation of two prime ministers and a change of ...

  3. The Stavisky affair was a financial scandal in France in 1934, involving embezzler Alexandre Stavisky. The scandal had political ramifications for the Radical-Socialist government after it was revealed that Prime Minister Camille Chautemps had protected Stavisky, who died suddenly in mysterious circumstances.

  4. Stavisky affair, French financial scandal of 1933 that, by triggering right-wing agitation, resulted in a major crisis in the history of the Third Republic (1870–1940). The scandal came to light in December 1933 when the bonds of a credit organization in Bayonne, founded by the financier Alexandre.

  5. May 15, 1974 · Stavisky: Directed by Alain Resnais. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale. A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.

  6. The Stavisky affair combined the financial scams of a swindler and his accomplices, the weaknesses and susceptibilities of government regulators and elected representatives, the perversion of a free press, and a violent explosion of popular anger that assumed the seditious form of an antiparliamentary riot.

  7. During 1933 Serge Stavisky, a naturalized Frenchman from Russia, floated forged bonds on the Paris Bourse (stock exchange). When the police finally came to arrest him on 8 January 1934, he committed suicide.

  8. Stavisky Affair stävēskēˈ [ key], financial and political scandal that shook France in 1934. Serge Alexandre Stavisky, a swindler associated with the municipal pawnshop of Bayonne, sold huge quantities of worthless bonds.

  9. May 7, 2019 · Irrestisible charm and talent help Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even the most influential members of the French industrial and political elite during the early ’30s.

  10. Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s.