Molière

Aug 30, 1978

4h 0m

★ 6.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

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Cast

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort

Philippe Caubère

La Forest / La servante

Marie-Françoise Audollent

Molière enfant

Frédéric Ladonne

Le grand-père de Molière

Jean Dasté

Colbert

Roger Planchon

Monsieur, frère du Roi

Daniel Mesguich

Boileau

Albert Delpy

La mère de Molière

Odile Cointepas

Madeleine Béjart

Joséphine Derenne

Armande Béjart

Brigitte Catillon

L'ami de Molière

Julien Maurel

Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste

Philippe Cointepas

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