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Molière (1978)
Directed by Ariane Mnouchkine
Drama, History · 4h 13m
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.
Cast
Philippe Caubère
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
Marie-Françoise Audollent
La Forest / La servante
F
Frédéric Ladonne
Molière enfant
Jean Dasté
Le grand-père de Molière
Roger Planchon
Colbert
Daniel Mesguich
Monsieur, frère du Roi
Albert Delpy
Boileau
O
Odile Cointepas
La mère de Molière
Joséphine Derenne
Madeleine Béjart
Brigitte Catillon
Armande Béjart
Julien Maurel
L'ami de Molière
P
Philippe Cointepas
Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste
Crew
- Director
- Ariane Mnouchkine
- Writer
- Ariane Mnouchkine
- Director of Photography
- Bernard Zitzermann
- Editor
- Françoise Javet, Georges Klotz
- Producer
- Claude Lelouch
Details
- Release date
- 1978-08-30
- Runtime
- 4h 13m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy