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Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac: every movie adaptation

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Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac (1831) has been adapted into 1 movie: La Belle Noiseuse (1991).

It is part of The Human Comedy series.

About Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu

Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu is a book by Honoré de Balzac, first published in 1831 (original language: French). It is part of The Human Comedy series, which has 5 books on record. Genre: historical novel. The first screen adaptation was La Belle Noiseuse in 1991.

Short story by Honoré de Balzac.

Every adaptation of Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu

La Belle Noiseuse

Movie · 1991 · France · directed by Jacques Rivette

1991 film by Jacques Rivette.

The Human Comedy: books by publication date

  1. Colonel Chabert (1829)
  2. Les Chouans (1829)
  3. Physiology of Marriage (1829)
  4. Une double famille (1830)
  5. Gobseck (1830)
  6. La Vendetta (1830)
  7. Le Bal de Sceaux (1830)
  8. La Paix du ménage (1830)
  9. Adieu (1830)
  10. El Verdugo (1830)
  11. A Passion in the Desert (1830)
  12. Étude de femme (1830)
  13. L'Auberge rouge (1831)
  14. Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (1831)
  15. Sarrasine (1831)
  16. Les Proscrits (1831)
  17. Z. Marcas (1831)
  18. La Grande Bretèche (1831)
  19. The Conscript (1831)
  20. Maître Cornélius (1831)
  21. La Peau de chagrin (1831)
  22. The Message (1832)
  23. Madame Firmiani (1832)
  24. Louis Lambert (1832)
  25. La Bourse (1832)
  26. La Duchesse de Langeais (1832)
  27. La Grenadière (1832)
  28. The Country Doctor (1833)
  29. The Thirteen (1833)
  30. The Deserted Woman (1833)
  31. Théorie de la démarche (1833)
  32. Traité de la vie élégante (1833)
  33. Eugénie Grandet (1833)
  34. The Quest of the Absolute (1834)
  35. Séraphîta (1834)
  36. Un drame au bord de la mer (1834)
  37. Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants (1834)
  38. The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1835)
  39. Le Contrat de mariage (1835)
  40. Melmoth (1835)
  41. Père Goriot (1835)
  42. The Atheist's Mass (1836)
  43. The Lily of the Valley (1836)
  44. Illusions perdues (1837)
  45. César Birotteau (1837)
  46. Gambara (1837)
  47. Massimilla Doni (1837)
  48. Une fille d'Ève (1838)
  49. The Firm of Nucingen (1838)
  50. Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1838)
  51. Béatrix (1839)
  52. Les Secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1839)
  53. Pierre Grassou (1839)
  54. Pathologie de la vie sociale (1839)
  55. Traité des excitants modernes (1839)
  56. Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées (1841)
  57. Le Curé de village (1841)
  58. La Fausse Maîtresse (1841)

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Common questions

Has Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu been made into a movie?

Yes. Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu by Honoré de Balzac (1831) has been adapted into 1 movie: La Belle Noiseuse (1991).

Who wrote Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu?

Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu was written by Honoré de Balzac and first published in 1831.

How many adaptations of Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu are there?

We list 1 screen adaptation: 1 movie.

Is a new Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu adaptation coming?

No new adaptation date is on record yet. The latest released adaptation is La Belle Noiseuse (1991).

Is Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu part of a series?

Yes, it is part of The Human Comedy series.

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