Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française)

Overview

Tartuffe is a hypocritical impostor who manages to manipulate Orgon, a wealthy widowed bourgeois, by feigning devotion. Orgon ends up offering his daughter Mariane in marriage to Tartuffe, while he disowns his son Damis and intends to donate all his possessions to Tartuffe. Elmire, Orgon's young wife, whom Tartuffe is courting, will attempt to expose him, while the royal family intervenes to prevent the ruin of Orgon's family.

Director: Georges Bensoussan

Cast

Catherine Ferran

Dorine

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Jean Dautremay

Orgon

Anne Kessler

Mariane

Philippe Torreton

Tartuffe

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Igor Tycska

Monsieur Loyal

Cécile Brune

Elmire

Nathalie Nerval

Madame Pernelle

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Christian Blanc

Cléante

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Olivier Dautrey

Valère

Eric Ruf

Damis