
Molière
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.
Top Billed Cast

Philippe Caubère
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort

Marie-Françoise Audollent
La Forest / La servante
Frédéric Ladonne
Molière enfant

Jean Dasté
Le grand-père de Molière

Roger Planchon
Colbert
Featured Crew

Ariane Mnouchkine
Director

Ariane Mnouchkine
Writer
Françoise Javet
Editor
René Clemencic
Music

Bernard Zitzermann
Director of Photography
Daniel Ogier
Costume Design
Georges Klotz
Editor

Claude Lelouch
Producer
Nikos Meletopoulos
Decorator