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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

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1966
1h 30m
French
Drama, History
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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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Cast

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JeanMarie Patte
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
Franoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
Jolle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
Andr Dumas
Le Père Joly
Franois Mirante
M. de Brienne
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
Michel Ferre
M. de Gesvres
Guy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Michelle Marquais
Mme de Motteville
JeanJacques Daubin
Georges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Pierre Pernet
Gilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Jean Ob
Le Vau
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le Vau
Micheline Muc
Mlle de Pons
Directed By: Roberto Rossellini
Written By: Roberto Rossellini, Jean Gruault, + 1 more

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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV.
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