Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Tartuffe ou L'imposteur (Comédie Française)
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- fr
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Production Companies
La Comédie-Française
France 3Euripide Productions