The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

1966 fr 95 minutes

Rating: 7.1

Plot

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

Jean-Marie Patte

Jean-Marie Patte

Louis XIV

Raymond Jourdan

Raymond Jourdan

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Silvagni

Silvagni

Cardinal Mazarin

Katharina Renn

Katharina Renn

Anne d'Autriche

Dominique Vincent

Dominique Vincent

Madame Du Plessis

Pierre Barrat

Pierre Barrat

Nicolas Fouquet

Fernand Fabre

Fernand Fabre

Michel Le Tellier

Françoise Ponty

Françoise Ponty

Louise de la Vallière

Joëlle Laugeois

Joëlle Laugeois

Marie-Thérèse

Maurice Barrier

Maurice Barrier

D'Artagnan

André Dumas

André Dumas

Le Père Joly

François Mirante

François Mirante

M. de Brienne

Roger Guillo

Roger Guillo

L'apothicaire

Louis Raymond

Louis Raymond

Le premier médecin

Maurice Bourbon

Maurice Bourbon

Le deuxième médecin

Michel Ferre

Michel Ferre

M. de Gesvres

Guy Pintat

Guy Pintat

Le chef-cuisinier

Michelle Marquais

Michelle Marquais

Mme de Motteville

Jean-Jacques Daubin

Jean-Jacques Daubin

M. de Vardes

Georges Goubert

Georges Goubert

M. de Soyecourt

Pierre Pernet

Pierre Pernet

Monsieur

Gilette Barbier

Gilette Barbier

Pierrette Dufour

Jean Obé

Jean Obé

Le Vau

Jacques Charby

Jacques Charby

L'assistant de Le Vau

Micheline Muc

Micheline Muc

Mlle de Pons

Michel Debrane

Michel Debrane

Le tailleur

François Bennard

François Bennard

L'Archevèque

Georges Spanelly

Georges Spanelly

Seguier

Jean Soustre

Jean Soustre

M. de Guiche

Axel Ganz

Axel Ganz

L'Ambassadeur

Jean-Jacques Leconte

Jean-Jacques Leconte

Le 1er Chambellan

Violette Marceau

Violette Marceau

Mlle de Chemerault

Paula Dehelly

Paula Dehelly

Mme d'Elboeuf

Jacques Préboist

Jacques Préboist

Mousquetaire

André Daguenet

André Daguenet

Le patron marinier

Marc Fraiseau

Marc Fraiseau

Marinier

Pierre Frag

Pierre Frag

Marinier

Jean Coste

Jean Coste

Marinier

Rita Maiden

Rita Maiden

Une paysanne

Jean-Claude Charnay

Jean-Claude Charnay

Messenger

Jacqueline Corot

Jacqueline Corot

Madame Henrietta

Hélène Manesse

Hélène Manesse

The Naiad

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