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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 1978
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Cast
- Roger Planchon,Odile Cointepas,Philippe Caubère,Jonathan Sutton,Jean Brard,Julien Maurel,Patrick Floersheim,Mathieu Rongier,Alexandre Ferran,Sigoléne Bonnaudand 16 more
- Director
- Ariane Mnouchkine
- Writer
- Ariane Mnouchkine
- Producer
- Claude Lelouch
- Cinematography
- Bernard Zitzermann
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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