Molière

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.

Release Date

30 August 1978

240 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
La Forest / La servante
Molière enfant
Le grand-père de Molière
Monsieur, frère du Roi
La mère de Molière
Madeleine Béjart
Armande Béjart
L'ami de Molière
Un camarade de Jean-Baptiste