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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

ALL 10/08/1966 (fr) Drama, History 90 Min
  • Release
    10/08/1966
  • Production
    Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
  • Rotten tomato
    70.56%
  • Original title
    La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  2. Story

  3. Armand Ridel

    Editor

  4. Claude Baks

    Producer



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  1. Jean-Marie Patte

    Louis XIV

  2. Raymond Jourdan

    Jean Baptiste Colbert

  3. Silvagni

    Cardinal Mazarin

  4. Katharina Renn

    Anne d'Autriche

  5. Dominique Vincent

    Madame Du Plessis

  6. Pierre Barrat

    Nicolas Fouquet

  7. Fernand Fabre

    Michel Le Tellier

  8. Françoise Ponty

    Louise de la Vallière

  9. Joëlle Laugeois

    Marie-Thérèse

  10. Maurice Barrier

    D'Artagnan

  11. André Dumas

    Le Père Joly

  12. François Mirante

    M. de Brienne

  13. Roger Guillo

    L'apothicaire

  14. Louis Raymond

    Le premier médecin

  15. Maurice Bourbon

    Le deuxième médecin

  16. Michel Ferre

    M. de Gesvres

  17. Guy Pintat

    Le chef-cuisinier

  18. Michelle Marquais

    Mme de Motteville

  19. Jean-Jacques Daubin

    M. de Vardes

  20. Georges Goubert

    M. de Soyecourt

  21. Pierre Pernet

    Monsieur

  22. Gilette Barbier

    Pierrette Dufour

  23. Jean Obé

    Le Vau

  24. Jacques Charby

    L'assistant de Le Vau

  25. Micheline Muc

    Mlle de Pons

  26. Michel Debrane

    Le tailleur

  27. François Bennard

    L'Archevèque

  28. Georges Spanelly

    Seguier

  29. Jean Soustre

    M. de Guiche

  30. Axel Ganz

    L'Ambassadeur

  31. Jean-Jacques Leconte

    Le 1er Chambellan

  32. Violette Marceau

    Mlle de Chemerault

  33. Paula Dehelly

    Mme d'Elboeuf

  34. Jacques Préboist

    Mousquetaire

  35. André Daguenet

    Le patron marinier

  36. Marc Fraiseau

    Marinier

  37. Pierre Frag

    Marinier

  38. Jean Coste

    Marinier

  39. Rita Maiden

    Une paysanne

  40. Jean-Claude Charnay

    Messenger

  41. Jacqueline Corot

    Madame Henrietta

  42. Hélène Manesse

    The Naiad

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Casts : 42 , Crews : 17

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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966) 90 Min

ALL 10/08/1966 (fr)
Drama, History
  • Release 10/08/1966
  • Production
    Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
  • Original title La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Roberto Rossellini

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Armand Ridel

    Editor

  4. Claude Baks

    Producer



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