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Would-Be Gentleman (1968)
Directed by Pierre Badel
Comedy, TV Movie · 2h 10m
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. The title is meant as an oxymoron: in Molière's France, a "gentleman" was by definition nobly born, and thus there could be no such thing as a bourgeois gentleman.
Cast
Michel Serrault
M. Jourdain
Rosy Varte
Mme Jourdain
Daniel Ceccaldi
Dorante
Jean-Pierre Darras
Le maître de ballet
Roger Carel
Le maître de musique
Henri Virlogeux
Le maître de philosophie
Jacques Legras
Le maître-tailleur
Michel Creton
Covielle
Georges Audoubert
Le maître d'armes
Annick Blancheteau
Lucile
René Bouloc
Le premier laquais
Xavier Depraz
Le Grand Turc
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Badel
- Director of Photography
- Louis Miaille
- Editor
- Andrée Lemaire
Details
- Original title
- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
- Release date
- 1968-12-28
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, TV Movie
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- ORTF