Molière
Molière
Release: 1978-08-30
·Runtime: 240m
·★ 5.9
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Cast
Philippe Caubère
as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
Marie-Françoise Audollent
as La Forest / La servante
Jean Dasté
as Le grand-père de Molière
Roger Planchon
as Colbert
Daniel Mesguich
as Monsieur, frère du Roi
Albert Delpy
as Boileau
Joséphine Derenne
as Madeleine Béjart
Brigitte Catillon
as Armande Béjart
Julien Maurel
as L'ami de Molière
Jean-Claude Penchenat
as Louis XIV
Maurice Chevit
as Le curé de l'école
Mario Gonzales
as Scaramouche / Jean-Baptiste Lully
Patrick Floersheim
as Le curé
