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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Drama, History · 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.
Cast
Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
F
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
J
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
F
François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Crew
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Writer
- Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault, Roberto Rossellini
- Director of Photography
- Georges Leclerc, Jean-Louis Picavet
- Editor
- Armand Ridel
- Producer
- Claude Baks
Details
- Original title
- La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
- Release date
- 1966-10-08
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- ORTF