Moliere
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ariane Mnouchkine
Maurice Chevit
Jacques Villeret
Serge Coursan
Lucia Bensasson
Jean Carmet
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Who was Moliere? Everyone knows his name, everyone knows he was one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born in 1622, his real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His father was a successful tapestry-maker, his mother died when he was a boy. He grew up in the teeming streets of 17th century Paris, and was fascinated by the street fairs and traveling carnivals that flourished in spite of, or because, of the repression and hypocrisy of those cruel times. He joins a traveling theatrical troupe while still young, acts all over France and learns his stagecraft playing for brutalized peasants and cynical townspeople. Returning to Paris, he finds favor with King Louis XIV, the Sun King. His life becomes bound up with the life at the magnificent court at Versailles. And with its intrigues. He writes, stages and acts in the plays now famous all over the world. He fights with his enemies and with his friends. Success is followed by failure , defeat is followed by victory. He organizes court festivities and defends himself against court calamities. His theater is taken from life. His life is theatrical. This film tells the story of Moliere. A story as eternal as his plays, as universal as his characters, as fascinating as his life.
Director
Ariane Mnouchkine
Cast
Maurice Chevit
Jacques Villeret
Serge Coursan
Lucia Bensasson
Jean Carmet
Georges Bonnaud
Brigitte Catillon
Francoise Jamet
Norbert Journo
Josette Derenne
Odile Cointepas
Claude Merlin
Roger Planchon
Philippe Caubere
Nicole Felix
Remy Carpentier
Marie-francoise Audollent
Jean-claude Penchenat
Anne Demeyer
Patrick Floersheim
Jonathan Sutton
Daina Lavarenne
Armand Delcampe
Sylvain Levignac
Roger Weber
Jean-claude Bourbault
Jean Dasté
Yves Gourville
Maxime Lombard
Daniel Mesguich
Clemence Massart
Louba Guertchikoff
Gerard Hardy
Crew
Mary Barthod
Muriel Baurens
Francoise Beloux
Michel Bernede
Pierre Berroyer
Laura Budin
Nicole Carmet
Henri Cayrol
Elie Chouraqui
Rene Clemencic
Rene Clemencic
Alix Comte
Hugues Darmois
Joel David
Myrrah Donzenaz
Myrrah Donzenaz
Jean-noel Ferragut
Guy-claude François
Claude Lelouch
Raymond Lemoigne
Claire Lusseyran
Vera Menni
Jean-paul Meurisse
Ariane Mnouchkine
Ariane Mnouchkine
Nani Noel
Daniel Ogier
Jacques Pibarot
Ziva Postec
Pierre Roudeix
Eduardo Serra
Christian Siret
Bernard Zitzermann
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States September 2, 1986
Released in United States Summer September 2, 1986
Shown at 1979 New York Film Festival.
format 1.66
c Eastmancolor
dialogue French
subtitled
Released in United States September 2, 1986
Released in United States Summer September 2, 1986
