The Farce of Master Pathelin

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

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.

Cast

Milosav 'Mija' Aleksić

Advokat Patlen

Darinka 'Dara' Čalenić

Guillemette, Patlenova žena

Nikola Simić

Guillaume, trgovac

Đ

Đorđe Pura

Thibaut I'Agnelet, pastir

Milivoje 'Mića' Tomić

Sudija