The Farce of Master Pathelin
A clever farce about a lawyer who finally meets his match.
★★★★★
Serbo-Croatian / 66 MIN. / 1970
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.
The Cast
