Would-Be Gentleman

Would-Be Gentleman

1968•2h 10m

ComedyTV Movie

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.

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Production

ORTF

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

M. Jourdain

Rosy Varte

Rosy Varte

Mme Jourdain

Daniel Ceccaldi

Daniel Ceccaldi

Dorante

Jean-Pierre Darras

Jean-Pierre Darras

Le maître de ballet

Roger Carel

Roger Carel

Le maître de musique

Henri Virlogeux

Henri Virlogeux

Le maître de philosophie

Jacques Legras

Jacques Legras

Le maître-tailleur

Michel Creton

Michel Creton

Covielle

Georges Audoubert

Georges Audoubert

Le maître d'armes

Annick Blancheteau

Annick Blancheteau

Lucile

René Bouloc

René Bouloc

Le premier laquais

Xavier Depraz

Xavier Depraz

Le Grand Turc

Philippe Étesse

Cléante

Catherine Hiegel

Catherine Hiegel

Nicole

Tania Torrens

Tania Torrens

Dorimène

Armand Babel

Armand Babel

Le second laquais

Pierre Devevey

L'élève du maître de musique

Michel Morano

Le garçon tailleur

Anne-Marie Sanial

Une soliste

Marc Vento

Un soliste

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