Moliere
by Ariane Mnouchkine
(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Director: Ariane MnouchkinePrimary Contributor: Frederic Ladonne
Primary Contributor: Jonathan Sutton
Primary Contributor: Marie-Francoise Audollent
Primary Contributor: Philippe Caubere
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Unknown)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 244 unknown-units
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Movie Reviews of Moliere
Movie Review: Hard to find but no English subtittles!
Summary: 4 Stars
I was not paying attention when I ordered this movie, it is in French with no subtitles. I remember watching it as a child on PBS with subtitles. Am very sad I don't speak French but will watch it non the less!
Summary of Moliere
Who was Moliere? Everyone knows his name, everyone knows he was one of the world's greatest playwrights. But who was he? Born in 1622, his real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin. His father was a successful tapestry-maker, his mother died when he was a boy. He grew up in the teeming streets of 17th century Paris, and was fascinated by the street fairs and traveling carnivals that flourished in spite of, or because, of the repression and hypocrisy of those cruel times. He joins a traveling theatrical troupe while still young, acts all over France and learns his stagecraft playing for brutalized peasants and cynical townspeople. Returning to Paris, he finds favor with King Louis XIV, the Sun King. His life becomes bound up with the life at the magnificent court at Versailles. And with its intrigues. He writes, stages and acts in the plays now famous all over the world. He fights with his enemies and with his friends. Success is followed by failure , defeat is followed by victory. He organizes court festivities and defends himself against court calamities. His theater is taken from life. His life is theatrical. This film tells the story of Moliere. A story as eternal as his plays, as universal as his characters, as fascinating as his life.Similar DVD Movies
Seven Chances / Neighbors / The BalloonaticKino International; Release date: 2000-01-11; DVD
Best price: $12.02
Price in other shops:
![The Flood Drummers ( Tambours sur la digue ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Belgium ] Image](/images/The-Flood-Drummers-Tambours-sur-la-digue-NON-USA-FORMAT-PAL-Reg-0-Import-Belgium-B002RG53EI-X.jpg)
The Flood Drummers ( Tambours sur la digue ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Belgium ]DVD
Best price: $28.91
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Comédie-ballet de Molière & Lully / Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique, LazarRelease date: 2007-09-01; DVD
Best price: $17.78
Price in other shops:
Le Roi Danse (Original French Version with English Subtitles)Published: 2000; DVD
Best price: $15.00
MoliereSony; Release date: 2008-01-22; DVD
Best price: $8.92
Price in other shops: