Grandiose Delusions / 19808.01 voti

Based on Molière's play. 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. When Cléante, at last, tries to speak to Harpagon, the old man informs the family that he wants to marry Marianne, the young girl loved by Cléante. Unaware of his son's sorrow, Harpagon doesn't understand why Cléante has become so angry with him.

L'avare / 1974

Harpagon, a miserly bourgeois, wishes to marry the young Mariane and marry his daughter Elise to Lord Anselme. He does not know that Cléante, his son, is in love with the young Mariane and that his daughter Elise loves a penniless young man, Valère, whom he has just hired as a steward.

The Miser / 19087.01 voti

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help people no matter what they might need. We see him turn away a few people and then portions of the film are missing and we pick up later in the story as the old man is scared of something (apparently someone stole his money).

L'Avare / 2007

A beautiful translation of Molière's works and the last character played by an excellent French actor: Michel Serrault as Harpagon. A beautiful translation of Molière's works and the last character played by an excellent French actor: Michel Serrault as Harpagon.

The Miser / 1939

Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière.

L'Avare / 1978

L'avaro / 19906.530 voti

Operazione analoga a Il malato immaginario (1979), ma ancor meno riuscita. Cinema leccato in costume, ma non di costume, al servizio del qualunquismo e dell'istrionismo di un Sordi tutto cachinni e mossettine. Si salvano poche invenzioni (l'orologio di Arpagone), i costumi di Alberto Verso realizzati da Tirelli, Christopher Lee e la sua bertuccia. Ricca e sprecata compagnia d'attori. Molière ha sempre avuto poca fortuna al di qua delle Alpi.