Molière
About Molière
Léonce Perret's short stages episodes from the life of the playwright Molière. André Bacqué, Abel Gance, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, and Perret himself are billed. Pathé released it.
Cast & crew
More about Molière
Released in 1909. The listed length is 20 minutes. René d'Auchy, Amélie de Pouzols, and Madeleine Sézanne are on the catalog cast. A copy is on the Internet Archive as silent-molire.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Gance acts in it. He does not direct it.
- Perret is both director and a player.
- Bacqué is billed at the head of the cast.
- No scene list beyond the life of Molière is on the English record.
Scenes
- The short plays scenes from Molière's life rather than one of his comedies.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-molire)