Would-Be Gentleman

Would-Be Gentleman

Would-Be Gentleman

Share

Would-Be Gentleman

1968

2h 10m

0.0(0 votes)

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.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

ORTF

Cast & Crew

22 members

Acting

Michel Serrault

M. Jourdain

Michel Serrault

Acting

Rosy Varte

Mme Jourdain

Rosy Varte

Acting

Daniel Ceccaldi

Dorante

Daniel Ceccaldi

Acting

Jean-Pierre Darras

Le maître de ballet

Jean-Pierre Darras

Acting

Roger Carel

Le maître de musique

Roger Carel

Acting

Henri Virlogeux

Le maître de philosophie

Henri Virlogeux

Acting

Jacques Legras

Le maître-tailleur

Jacques Legras

Acting

Michel Creton

Covielle

Michel Creton

Acting

Georges Audoubert

Le maître d'armes

Georges Audoubert

Acting

Annick Blancheteau

Lucile

Annick Blancheteau

Acting

René Bouloc

Le premier laquais

René Bouloc

Acting

Xavier Depraz

Le Grand Turc

Xavier Depraz

Acting

Philippe Étesse

Cléante

No Image

Acting

Catherine Hiegel

Nicole

Catherine Hiegel

Acting

Tania Torrens

Dorimène

Tania Torrens

Acting

Armand Babel

Le second laquais

Armand Babel

Acting

Pierre Devevey

L'élève du maître de musique

No Image

Acting

Michel Morano

Le garçon tailleur

No Image

Acting

Anne-Marie Sanial

Une soliste

No Image

Acting

Marc Vento

Un soliste

No Image

Acting

Jean-Marie Humily

Un soliste

No Image

Acting

Nathalie Bréhal

Une danseuse

No Image

Similar Movies

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

Just Married

Just Married

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They quickly fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. After their wedding, the happy couple sets off - with the highest of hopes and ideals about love and marriage - on what they expect will be the perfect honeymoon in Italy. Thanks to a relentless string of bad luck with one disaster after another, and an impromptu visit from Sarah's wealthy one-time ex-lover Peter Prentiss, the newlyweds experience the honeymoon from hell that tests the limits of their young love. Is it worth throwing away their love and marriage?

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau to the case.

Zwei Nasen tanken Super

Zwei Nasen tanken Super

Tommy and Mike, again without a job and without money, are looking for a public toilet at a motor show.

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool

An egotistical television personality enlists the assistance of his best friend in putting the fidelity of his fiancé to the test in this amiable comedy of the sexes. Told in flashback, the film takes a familiar love-triangle scenario and gives it a bitter twist. With a bride who seems too good for either suitor, the film is sustained by one question - who will she choose?

Friends of the family

Friends of the family

Leon Rollo whose nickname is "Patate" is an inventor adored by his wife and is daughter. He is mostly happy but his best friend Noël seems to succeed in everything he undertakes... Patate become increasingly jealous of this incredible luck.

Kihlaus

Kihlaus

Eeva serves two noblemen, who have treated their servant badly. She writes to her childhood friend Aapel and proposes marriage. The man does not believe the proposal, but leaves to fetch Eeva. Upon seeing the man's modest living conditions, Eeva regrets her decision, becomes ill-tempered, and refuses the engagement. At the same time, the cheerful gentlemen arrive to fetch Eeva, who dances with joy upon returning to her former life.

Virtaset ja Lahtiset

Virtaset ja Lahtiset

Two upstart families compete while trying to overcome the generation cap with their children.

Das Schicksal der Lilian H.

A wealthy businesswoman who tried to disinherit her unfaithful husband is murdered. The man's lover is convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence in a negligent business case. But the now in love lawyer sets out to convict the real culprits ...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

The Black Version

A successful businesswoman finds herself more interested in planning a wedding than dealing with marriage.

Patrasket

A poor Jewish family, called the Riffraff by the author, puts the great Joe Meng at the heart of high-flying plans and imaginative flair.

Everything You Want

Everything You Want

A visionary and artistic young woman finds her love torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real boy from one of her classes.

Naked Boys Singing!

Naked Boys Singing!

This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.

Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier

Angelina, o El honor de un brigadier

Madrid, Spain, 1880. Angelina, daughter of the pompous Brigadier Marcial, is tempted by the womanizer Germán, who asks her to run away together, just after her boyfriend, Rodolfo, asks her to do exactly the same thing with him.

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal

Madrid, Spain, early thirties. The charming playboy Sergio Hernán is an unscrupulous womanizer who over the years has seduced and abandoned hundreds of women with the complicity of Oshidori, his cynical butler. However, his brief encounter with Elena Fortún, blonde, posh and a bit cheesy, unexpectedly leaves an indelible mark on his soul.

If Looks Could Kill

If Looks Could Kill

Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?

The Women

The Women

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

The Subtenant

The Subtenant

A farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships.