
Would-Be Gentleman
Comedy · TV Movie
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault
M. Jourdain
Michel Serrault
M. Jourdain


Rosy Varte
Rosy Varte
Mme Jourdain
Rosy Varte
Mme Jourdain


Daniel Ceccaldi
Daniel Ceccaldi
Dorante
Daniel Ceccaldi
Dorante


Jean-Pierre Darras
Jean-Pierre Darras
Le maître de ballet
Jean-Pierre Darras
Le maître de ballet


Roger Carel
Roger Carel
Le maître de musique
Roger Carel
Le maître de musique


Henri Virlogeux
Henri Virlogeux
Le maître de philosophie
Henri Virlogeux
Le maître de philosophie


Jacques Legras
Jacques Legras
Le maître-tailleur
Jacques Legras
Le maître-tailleur


Michel Creton
Michel Creton
Covielle
Michel Creton
Covielle


Georges Audoubert
Georges Audoubert
Le maître d'armes
Georges Audoubert
Le maître d'armes


Annick Blancheteau
Annick Blancheteau
Lucile
Annick Blancheteau
Lucile
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