Molierissimo Explained

Molierissimo is a French animated television series in 26 25-minute episodes, produced by DIHR and broadcast October 1989 in Cabou Cadin 1 on Canal+. It was rebroadcast from 7 January 1992 in Amuse 3 on FR3.

Synopsis

A young boy of ten named Quentin joins troop Molière one day, and journeys through the kingdom of France.

Episodes

• The mask and sword
• The children in the family
• The illustrious theater
• Medea dress
• The traveling theater
• The stunned
• The fight for Paris
• The Prince de Conti
• The removal
• The vagaries of a large
• Mr. King's brother
• The big day
• The La Grange book
• The precious ridiculous
• The mare
• The arrest
• The bombshell
• The Royal Palace Theatre
• Fugue
• Vaux le Vicomte
• Exile
• The robbers
• Night harlequins
• Two young drums
• Women's school
• The pleasures of the enchanted island

Cast

• Claude Giraud: Molière
• Tania Torrens: Madeleine Béjart
• Damien Boisseau: Quentin
• François Chaumette: Bonaventure
• Albert Augier: Cardinal Mazarin
• Vincent Ropion: Louis XIV
• Danièle Douet: Genevieve Bejart
• Jean-Pierre Delage: Molière's Father
• Paul Bisciglia: Pouillard (sidekick Marchenoir)
• Maurice Sarfati: Narrator, The Chassieux (sidekick Marchenoir)
• Maria Tamar: Anne of Austria
• Jean-Pierre Leroux: Mr. King's brother
• Anne Jarry: Clarisse Marquise de St Julien
• Nicole Hiss: Louise Verville
• Régis Lang: Comte de Verville
• Jean-Luc Kayser: D'Artagnan (first voice), Cyrano de Bergerac (second voice)
• Michel Le Royer: Cyrano de Bergerac (first voice)
• Jean-Paul Solal: D'Artagnan (second voice)
• Patrick Prejean: Scaramouche
• Roger Carel: the head of the Court of Miracles
• Claude Rollet: Comte de Rambouillet