The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

Name: The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1966-10-08
Rating: 7.1

7.1(54)

1h 35m

1966

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Drama History

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.

Release Date

October 8, 1966

Production

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Cast

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Jean-Marie Patte

Louis XIV

Acting

Raymond Jourdan

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Acting

Silvagni

Cardinal Mazarin

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Katharina Renn

Anne d'Autriche

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Dominique Vincent

Madame Du Plessis

Acting

Pierre Barrat

Nicolas Fouquet

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Fernand Fabre

Michel Le Tellier

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Françoise Ponty

Louise de la Vallière

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Joëlle Laugeois

Marie-Thérèse

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Maurice Barrier

D'Artagnan

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André Dumas

Le Père Joly

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François Mirante

M. de Brienne

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