The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1966-10-08
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Roberto Rossellini
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Summary

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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  • Jean-Marie Patte

    as Louis XIV

  • Raymond Jourdan

    as Jean Baptiste Colbert

  • Silvagni

    as Cardinal Mazarin

  • Katharina Renn

    as Anne d'Autriche

  • Dominique Vincent

    as Madame Du Plessis

  • Pierre Barrat

    as Nicolas Fouquet

  • Fernand Fabre

    as Michel Le Tellier

  • Françoise Ponty

    as Louise de la Vallière

  • Joëlle Laugeois

    as Marie-Thérèse

  • Maurice Barrier

    as D'Artagnan

  • André Dumas

    as Le Père Joly

  • François Mirante

    as M. de Brienne

  • Roger Guillo

    as L'apothicaire

  • Louis Raymond

    as Le premier médecin

  • Maurice Bourbon

    as Le deuxième médecin

  • Michel Ferre

    as M. de Gesvres

  • Guy Pintat

    as Le chef-cuisinier

  • Michelle Marquais

    as Mme de Motteville

  • Jean-Jacques Daubin

    as M. de Vardes

  • Georges Goubert

    as M. de Soyecourt

  • Pierre Pernet

    as Monsieur

  • Gilette Barbier

    as Pierrette Dufour

  • Jean Obé

    as Le Vau

  • Jacques Charby

    as L'assistant de Le Vau

  • Micheline Muc

    as Mlle de Pons

  • Michel Debrane

    as Le tailleur

  • François Bennard

    as L'Archevèque

  • Georges Spanelly

    as Seguier

  • Jean Soustre

    as M. de Guiche

  • Axel Ganz

    as L'Ambassadeur

  • Jean-Jacques Leconte

    as Le 1er Chambellan

  • Violette Marceau

    as Mlle de Chemerault

  • Paula Dehelly

    as Mme d'Elboeuf

  • Jacques Préboist

    as Mousquetaire

  • André Daguenet

    as Le patron marinier

  • Marc Fraiseau

    as Marinier

  • Pierre Frag

    as Marinier

  • Jean Coste

    as Marinier

  • Rita Maiden

    as Une paysanne

  • Jean-Claude Charnay

    as Messenger

  • Jacqueline Corot

    as Madame Henrietta

  • Hélène Manesse

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

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