How does Tartuffe end?

In the final act ("Justice and Reunion"): The housekeeper is expelled from the house following the exposure of her crimes. The grandfather recovers, and the grandson successfully protects the family inheritance, culminating in a heartfelt reunion.

Tartuffe (1926) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Tartuffe
Genre: comedy, drama
Released: 1926
Rating: 7.2

Plot Analysis Summary

A grandson uses a film screening to expose a poisoning housekeeper and reclaim his family's inheritance.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Poisonous Will

The Cinematic Infiltration

The Hypocrite Exposed

Justice and Reunion

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.

Directed by

F. W. Murnau

Key Cast

Emil Jannings — Tartüff
Werner Krauss — Herr Orgon
Lil Dagover — Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
Hermann Picha — Der Greis
Rosa Valetti — Seine Haushälterin / Housekeeper

Rating: 7.2/10 (76 votes)