The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
1966•1h 35m•7.1•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Writer
Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault, Roberto Rossellini
Languages
French
Studio
ORTF
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
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
Production
Company
ORTF
Producer
Claude Baks
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