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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
1966, Oct 08
1h 35m
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Written by
Jean Gruault, Roberto Rossellini, Philippe Erlanger
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
Jean Obé
Le Vau
Rita Maiden
Une paysanne
Jacques Préboist
Mousquetaire
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
Gilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Pierre Frag
Marinier
Michelle Marquais
Mme de Motteville
Georges Spanelly
Seguier
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le Vau
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
Paula Dehelly
Mme d'Elboeuf
Violette Marceau
Mlle de Chemerault
Pierre Pernet
Monsieur
Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Jacqueline Corot
Madame Henrietta
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
Michel Ferre
M. de Gesvres
Guy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Jean-Jacques Daubin
M. de Vardes
Georges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Micheline Muc
Mlle de Pons
Michel Debrane
Le tailleur
François Bennard
L'Archevèque
Jean Soustre
M. de Guiche
Axel Ganz
L'Ambassadeur
Jean-Jacques Leconte
Le 1er Chambellan
André Daguenet
Le patron marinier
Marc Fraiseau
Marinier
Jean Coste
Marinier
Jean-Claude Charnay
Messenger
Hélène Manesse
The Naiad
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