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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

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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 byRoberto Rossellini

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 35m
Language
FR
Released
October 8, 1966
Studios
ORTF

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jean-Marie Patte

Jean-Marie Patte

Louis XIV

Raymond Jourdan

Raymond Jourdan

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Silvagni

Silvagni

Cardinal Mazarin

Katharina Renn

Katharina Renn

Anne d'Autriche

Dominique Vincent

Dominique Vincent

Madame Du Plessis

Pierre Barrat

Pierre Barrat

Nicolas Fouquet

Fernand Fabre

Fernand Fabre

Michel Le Tellier

Françoise Ponty

Louise de la Vallière

Joëlle Laugeois

Marie-Thérèse

Maurice Barrier

Maurice Barrier

D'Artagnan

Creative team
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Written by
Philippe Erlanger
Philippe Erlanger
Jean Gruault
Jean Gruault
Produced by
Claude Baks
Claude Baks

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