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The Miser

Name: The Miser
Director: Jean Girault
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Claude Gensac, Bernard Ménez, Guy Grosso

The children of Harpagon, Cléante and his sister Elise, are each in love but they still haven’t spoken to their father yet. Harpagon is a miser who wants to choose the right man and the right woman for his children. Based on Molière’s play.

1980 · Directed by Jean Girault · 125 min · Comedy · 10 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Jean Girault, Louis de Funès
Cinematography: Edmond Richard
Edited by: Michel Lewin
Music: Jean Bizet
Produced by: Christian Fechner

Cast

Louis de Funès as Harpagon
Michel Galabru as Maître Jacques
Claude Gensac as Frosine
Bernard Ménez as La Flèche
Guy Grosso as Brindavoine
Michel Modo as La merluche
Henri Génès as Le commissaire
Hervé Bellon as Valére
Georges Audoubert as Anselme
Max Montavon as Maître Simon

Production

Country: France
Language: French
Studios: Les Films Christian Fechner
Themes: daughter, parent child relationship, greed, based on play or musical, money, revenge, wealth, wedding, dowry, stingy

More by Jean Girault

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space — 1979
The Gendarme Takes Off — 1970
The Gendarme Gets Married — 1968
The Cabbage Soup — 1981

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