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Les tentations de La Fontaine

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  • 1958
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The portrait of the fabulist, as brushed by Giraudoux and adapted by Paul Guth reveals the contradictions and ambivalence of the famous Jean de la Fontaine, a man tempted by bourgeois life, ... Read allThe portrait of the fabulist, as brushed by Giraudoux and adapted by Paul Guth reveals the contradictions and ambivalence of the famous Jean de la Fontaine, a man tempted by bourgeois life, by women, by the King's court, by skepticism and by religion alike. So much so that he for... Read allThe portrait of the fabulist, as brushed by Giraudoux and adapted by Paul Guth reveals the contradictions and ambivalence of the famous Jean de la Fontaine, a man tempted by bourgeois life, by women, by the King's court, by skepticism and by religion alike. So much so that he forgets his father, his wife, his home, doesn't recognize his own son when he is presented to... Read all

  • Director
    • Pierre Viallet
  • Writers
    • Jean Giraudoux
    • Paul Guth
  • Stars
    • Rita Cadillac
    • Roger Carel
    • Maurice Chevit
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    • Director
      • Pierre Viallet
    • Writers
      • Jean Giraudoux
      • Paul Guth
    • Stars
      • Rita Cadillac
      • Roger Carel
      • Maurice Chevit
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    Rita Cadillac
    Rita Cadillac
    • La jolie fille
    Roger Carel
    Roger Carel
    • Molière
    Maurice Chevit
    • Colletet
    Jacqueline Corot
    • La servante
    Michel François
    • Jean Racine
    Evelyne Gabrielli
    • Claudine Colletet
    Lucien Guervil
    • Le notaire
    Jean-Pierre Jaubert
    • Le fils de La Fontaine
    Joseph King
    • Le Coq de Bataille
    Denis Manuel
    Denis Manuel
    • L'abbé Pouget…
    Renaud Mary
    • Nicolas Fouquet
    Juliette Mayniel
    Juliette Mayniel
    • Mademoiselle Certain
    Jacques Muller
    Jacques Muller
    • La Montagne
    Marie-José Nat
    Marie-José Nat
    • Madame de la Fontaine
    Véra Norman
    • La femme
    Roger Pelletier
    • Le Précieux
    Marcel Pérès
    Marcel Pérès
    • Poignant
    Marcelle Ranson-Hervé
    • La Champmeslé
    • Director
      • Pierre Viallet
    • Writers
      • Jean Giraudoux
      • Paul Guth
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      Original literary work: "Les cinq tentations de La Fontaine), book by Jean Giraudoux, Sequana Publishers, Paris, 1938, 292 pgs.

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      • May 4, 1958 (France)
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      • France
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      • French
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      • Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF)
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