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Mester Pierre Pathelin

  • TV Movie
  • 1961
  • 1h 8m
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Axel Strøbye and Jens Østerholm in Mester Pierre Pathelin (1961)
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TV adaptation of an anonymously composed French farce dating 1464. Master Pierre Pathelin (Østerholm) is a local village lawyer with no professional, formal training who has very little work... Read allTV adaptation of an anonymously composed French farce dating 1464. Master Pierre Pathelin (Østerholm) is a local village lawyer with no professional, formal training who has very little work, due to the emerging class of professionally trained clerks and lawyers. In order to obta... Read allTV adaptation of an anonymously composed French farce dating 1464. Master Pierre Pathelin (Østerholm) is a local village lawyer with no professional, formal training who has very little work, due to the emerging class of professionally trained clerks and lawyers. In order to obtain cloth to replace his and his wife's holey clothing, he visits the clothier Guillaume Jo... Read all

  • Director
    • Gabriel Axel
  • Writers
    • Anonymous
    • Jens Kruuse
  • Stars
    • Jens Østerholm
    • Lily Broberg
    • Axel Strøbye
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    • Director
      • Gabriel Axel
    • Writers
      • Anonymous
      • Jens Kruuse
    • Stars
      • Jens Østerholm
      • Lily Broberg
      • Axel Strøbye
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    Jens Østerholm
    • Mester Pierre Pathelin (sagfører)
    Lily Broberg
    • Guillemette (hans kone)
    Axel Strøbye
    Axel Strøbye
    • Guillaume Joceaulme (klædehandler)
    Keld Markuslund
    • Thibaut L'Agnelet (fårehyrde)
    Finn Lassen
    • Dommer
    Kurt Jensen
    • Lutspiller
    Flemming Skov
    • Gøgler
    • Director
      • Gabriel Axel
    • Writers
      • Anonymous
      • Jens Kruuse
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    • Trivia
      There is no information available to illuminate which of many subsequent French and English versions of this play (all elaborated over the original anonymous composition) that professor in literature, Jens Kruuse, chose as basis for his Danish translation.

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1961 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Official sites
      • Danish Film Institute
      • Dansk Kulturarv (Royal Danish Library)
    • Language
      • Danish
    • Production company
      • Danmarks Radio (DR)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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