The Farce of Master Pathelin

Name: The Farce of Master Pathelin
Director: Jovan Konjović
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1970-03-02
Duration: 1 h 6 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Milosav 'Mija' Aleksić, Darinka 'Dara' Čalenić, Nikola Simić, Đorđe Pura, Milivoje 'Mića' Tomić

“A clever farce about a lawyer who finally meets his match.”

1970

1h 6m

Drama TV Movie

Director: Jovan Konjović

Writer: Miroslav Karaulac

Overview

Farsa o Patlenu is a Yugoslav TV movie from 1970, produced by RTV Belgrade. It is an adaptation of the famous 15th-century French medieval farce, 'La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin'. The story follows a crafty, bankrupt lawyer who resorts to trickery to obtain fine cloth from a greedy draper. The film was directed by Jovan Konjović and the screenplay was written by Miroslav Karaulac.