Vauban

Vauban

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | March 10, 2012

In France, King Louis XIV, better known as the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), made of his kingdom the leading European power during the 17th century. An original portrait of Louis XIV's engineer, Vauban, a man who after serving his sovereign zealously, questions the idea of absolutism and the economic misery of the kingdom.

Vauban

90 mins | Drama, Documentary | March 10, 2012

Vauban
In France, King Louis XIV, better known as the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil), made of his kingdom the leading European power during the 17th century. An original portrait of Louis XIV's engineer, Vauban, a man who after serving his sovereign zealously, questions the idea of absolutism and the economic misery of the kingdom.
Producers ARTE France Cinéma
Original title Vauban, la sueur épargne le sang
Directors Pascal Cuissot
Writers Marc-Olivier Louveau

Cast

Aurélie Youlia

as Jeanne de Vauban

Frédéric Bocquet

as Fontenelle