
Would-Be Gentleman
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.
Would-Be Gentleman
December 28, 1968
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Cast (22)

Michel Serrault
M. Jourdain

Rosy Varte
Mme Jourdain

Daniel Ceccaldi
Dorante

Jean-Pierre Darras
Le maître de ballet

Roger Carel
Le maître de musique

Henri Virlogeux
Le maître de philosophie

Jacques Legras
Le maître-tailleur

Michel Creton
Covielle

Georges Audoubert
Le maître d'armes

Annick Blancheteau
Lucile

René Bouloc
Le premier laquais

Xavier Depraz
Le Grand Turc

Philippe Étesse
Cléante

Catherine Hiegel
Nicole

Tania Torrens
Dorimène

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

Jean-Marie Humily
Un soliste

Nathalie Bréhal
Une danseuse
Crew (14)
Directing

Pierre Badel
Director
Writing

Molière
Book
Production

Roland Sabary
Production Director
Sound
Art

Jacques Chalvet
Decorator
Camera

Louis Miaille
Director of Photography

Maurice Venier
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up

Claude Catulle
Costume Coordinator
Crew
Editing

Andrée Lemaire
Editor