Released:
1978-08-30

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.

Director:
Ariane Mnouchkine

Runtime:
4h 13min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Philippe Caubère
  as
  Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit Molière / La Mort
• 
  Marie-Françoise Audollent
  as
  La Forest / La servante
• 
  Frédéric Ladonne
  as
  Molière enfant
• 
  Jean Dasté
  as
  Le grand-père de Molière
• 
  Roger Planchon
  as
  Colbert