Would-Be Gentleman
130 mins
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.
Philippe Étesse
Cléante
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
Pierre Badel
Director
Louis Miaille
Director of Photography
Jacques Chalvet
Decorator
Raoul Celada
Choreographer
Louis Miaille
Cinematography
Daniel Stirn
Conductor
Roland Sabary
Production Director
Guy Solignac
Sound Engineer
Andrée Lemaire
Editor
Maurice Venier
Camera Operator