The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
1966/10/08 • Released • French
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.
Director : Roberto Rossellini
Casts
Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
Michelle Marquais
Mme de Motteville
Pierre Pernet
Monsieur
Gilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Jean Obé
Le Vau
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le Vau
Georges Spanelly
Seguier
Violette Marceau
Mlle de Chemerault
Paula Dehelly
Mme d'Elboeuf
Jacques Préboist
Mousquetaire
Pierre Frag
Marinier
Rita Maiden
Une paysanne
Jacqueline Corot
Madame Henrietta
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