Stavisky
Stavisky... (original)
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. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, François Périer, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich, Charles Boyer, Anny Duperey, Niké Arrighi, François Leterrier, Pierre Vernier
Watch "Stavisky" on Kanopy released in 1974. It's a crime and biography movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.