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.
Cast
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
Pierre Badel
Director
Molière
Book
Andrée Lemaire
Editor
Louis Miaille
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Maurice Venier
Camera Operator
Claude Catulle
Costume Coordinator
Guy Solignac
Sound Engineer
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Music
Milko Sparemblek
Choreographer
Raoul Celada
Choreographer
Roland Sabary
Production Director
Jacques Chalvet
Decorator
Daniel Stirn
Conductor