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Synopsis
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.
Title | Would-Be Gentleman |
Companies | Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française |
Countries | France |
Keywords | marriage proposal, france, diamond, music teacher, bourgeoisie, ignorance, count, based on play or musical, maid, love affair, parasite, nobility, dance teacher, 17th century, ottoman empire |

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 TurcPhilippe Étesse
Cléante
Catherine Hiegel
Nicole
Tania Torrens
Dorimène