TV broadcast of Moliere's classic 1664 comedy. The family that surrounds the rich farmer Orgon (Troels Munk) is in revolt because Orgon and his mother (Bodil Lindorff) have come under the influence of Tartuffe (John Hahn-Petersen), a pious swindler and former wanderer. Tartuffe pretends to be pious and to speak with divine authority, and Orgon and his mother no longer do anything without first consulting him.