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.
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Production | Claude Baks | Producer |
Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
Writing | Michelle Podroznik | Scenario Writer |
Writing | Philippe Erlanger | Writer |
Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Coste | Costume Design |
Writing | Jean Gruault | Writer |
Sound | Jacques Gayet | Sound Designer |
Sound | Betty Willemetz | Sound Designer |
Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Writer |
Camera | Jean-Louis Picavet | Director of Photography |
Sound | Jean-Claude Brisson | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Armand Ridel | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Jouve | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Renzo Rossellini | Second Unit |
Sound | Jean-Paul Quiquempois | Sound Mixer |
Art | Maurice Valay | Production Design |