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* AdaptationDistillation: The story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before Orgon has finished signing over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before Orgon has finished signing over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a UsefulNotes/LouisXIV's DeusExMachina.
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* AdaptedOut: This adaptation only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
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* AdaptedOut: This adaptation It's easier to say who ''wasn't'' adapted out as this version only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Tartuffe'' story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before he can get Orgon to sign over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Tartuffe'' story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before he can get Orgon to sign over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Tartuffe'' story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before he can get Orgon to sign over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
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* FramingDevice: The story of the disinherited grandson frames the original story of Tartuffe.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual ''Tartuffe'' story takes place in its original time period.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual ''Tartuffe'' story takes place in its original time period.
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* FramingDevice: The story of the disinherited grandson frames These scenes exist to frame the original story of Tartuffe.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual''Tartuffe'' story takes place in its original time period.story.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual
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* TheWickedStage: The old man is disinheriting his grandson because he (gasp!) became an actor.
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* TheWickedStage: The old man is disinheriting his grandson because he (gasp!) became an actor.actor.
!!Tropes in the actual ''Tartuffe'' adaptation:
* AdaptationDistillation: The story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before Orgon has finished signing over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
!!Tropes in the actual ''Tartuffe'' adaptation:
* AdaptationDistillation: The story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before Orgon has finished signing over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
* GenreShift: Molière's original play is a farce, but this film plays it more as a straight domestic drama.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the opening scene, the disinherited grandson turns to the camera and directly addresses the audience via intertitles.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the opening scene, the disinherited grandson turns to the camera and directly addresses the audience via in his intertitles.
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In [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic modern-day 1920s Germany]], a wealthy old man is being manipulated by his housekeeper into leaving his fortune to her rather than his grandson. In order to demonstrate to his grandfather how he's being used, the disinherited grandson shows him a movie based on {{Creator/Moliere}}'s ''{{Theatre/Tartuffe}}''. Most of the rest of the film is taken up with this retelling of ''Tartuffe'', with the storyline about the disinherited grandson serving as a FramingDevice.
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In [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic modern-day 1920s Germany]], a wealthy old man is being manipulated by his housekeeper into leaving his fortune to her rather than his grandson. In order to demonstrate to his grandfather how he's being used, the disinherited grandson shows him a movie based on {{Creator/Moliere}}'s ''{{Theatre/Tartuffe}}''. Most of the rest of the film is taken up with this retelling of ''Tartuffe'', with the storyline about the disinherited grandson serving as a FramingDevice.
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'''Tartuffe''' (German title: ''Herr Tartüff'') is a German silent film directed by Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau in 1925.
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'''Tartuffe''' (German title: ''Herr Tartüff'') is a German silent film directed by Creator/FriedrichWilhelmMurnau in 1925.
In [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic modern-day 1920s Germany]], a wealthy old man is being manipulated by his housekeeper into leaving his fortune to her rather than his grandson. In order to demonstrate to his grandfather how he's being used, the disinherited grandson shows him a movie based on {{Creator/Moliere}}'s ''{{Theatre/Tartuffe}}''. Most of the rest of the film is taken up with this retelling of ''Tartuffe'', with the storyline about the disinherited grandson serving as a FramingDevice.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Tartuffe'' story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before he can get Orgon to sign over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the opening scene, the disinherited grandson turns to the camera and directly addresses the audience via intertitles.
* FramingDevice: The story of the disinherited grandson frames the original story of Tartuffe.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual ''Tartuffe'' story takes place in its original time period.
* ShowWithinAShow: It's a movie about modern-day (1920s) characters watching a movie based on ''Tartuffe''.
* TheWickedStage: The old man is disinheriting his grandson because he (gasp!) became an actor.
In [[UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic modern-day 1920s Germany]], a wealthy old man is being manipulated by his housekeeper into leaving his fortune to her rather than his grandson. In order to demonstrate to his grandfather how he's being used, the disinherited grandson shows him a movie based on {{Creator/Moliere}}'s ''{{Theatre/Tartuffe}}''. Most of the rest of the film is taken up with this retelling of ''Tartuffe'', with the storyline about the disinherited grandson serving as a FramingDevice.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The ''Tartuffe'' story is pared down considerably, dropping most of the secondary characters. There is no ArrangedMarriage plot with Mariane, who doesn't even exist in this version. Tartuffe is exposed before he can get Orgon to sign over all his property to him, eliminating the need for a DeusExMachina.
* AdaptedOut: This adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' only includes four of the play's characters: Orgon, Elmire, Dorine, and Tartuffe himself.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the opening scene, the disinherited grandson turns to the camera and directly addresses the audience via intertitles.
* FramingDevice: The story of the disinherited grandson frames the original story of Tartuffe.
* MaleGaze: We get some shots from Tartuffe's POV when he's leering at Elmire.
* NotHisSled: Unlike in the original play, the EngineeredPublicConfession ploy doesn't work the first time. Tartuffe realizes what they're trying to do when he sees a RevealingReflection of Orgon eavesdropping.
* SettingUpdate: Ultimately averted. While the frame story is set in the contemporary 1920s, the actual ''Tartuffe'' story takes place in its original time period.
* ShowWithinAShow: It's a movie about modern-day (1920s) characters watching a movie based on ''Tartuffe''.
* TheWickedStage: The old man is disinheriting his grandson because he (gasp!) became an actor.
