Urbain Donnadieu — The Thirst for Gold Character Profile

About Urbain Donnadieu

The greedy protagonist and construction company owner who embezzles funds to purchase gold bars, planning to deposit them in a Swiss bank while evading his wife and tax authorities.

Urbain Donnadieu — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Christian Clavier

Appears in

The Thirst for Gold (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Urbain Donnadieu — Alliance BusinessPartner — Laurence Auger (Marine Delterme)

  Assists Urbain in siphoning funds from his construction company to purchase gold bars.

• Urbain Donnadieu — Conflict EvasiveTravelerAndLaw — Le gendarme (Michel Such)

  Urbain constantly evades police scrutiny and roadblocks while transporting the hidden gold.

• Urbain Donnadieu — Professional ClientAndBanker — Muller, le comte suisse (Bernard Haller)

  Urbain plans to deposit the stolen gold into Muller's secure Swiss bank account.

• Urbain Donnadieu — Family GrandsonAndGrandmother — Mémé Zezette (Tsilla Chelton)

  Travels together to Switzerland with the gold concealed in a model house.

• Urbain Donnadieu — Professional FormerEmployerAndExChauffeur — Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette (Philippe Khorsand)

  Urbain previously employed Jacques as a chauffeur, leading to a bitter professional rift.

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More characters from The Thirst for Gold

• Laurence Auger (Marine Delterme)
• Mémé Zezette (Tsilla Chelton)
• Jacques, ami, chauffeur et amant secret de Fleurette (Philippe Khorsand)
• Le représentant (Jacky Nercessian)
• Fleurette, épouse d'Urbain (Catherine Jacob)
• Flotard, le prêtre des scouts (Albert Dray)
• Muller, le comte suisse (Bernard Haller)
• Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (Christophe Guybet)
• Chauffeur et éleveur de moutons (Patrick Massieu)
• Jean-Louis Auger (Pascal Greggory)
• L'abbé Furteaux (Patrick Le Luherne)
• Le gendarme (Michel Such)