The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

90 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 8, 1966

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.

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

90 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 8, 1966

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
Original title La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
Directors Roberto Rossellini
Writers Michelle Podroznik, Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault, Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Jean-Marie Patte

as Louis XIV

Raymond Jourdan

as Jean Baptiste Colbert

Silvagni

as Cardinal Mazarin

Katharina Renn

as Anne d'Autriche

Dominique Vincent

as Madame Du Plessis

Pierre Barrat

as Nicolas Fouquet

Fernand Fabre

as Michel Le Tellier

Françoise Ponty

as Louise de la Vallière

Joëlle Laugeois

as Marie-Thérèse

Maurice Barrier

as D'Artagnan

André Dumas

as Le Père Joly

François Mirante

as M. de Brienne

Roger Guillo

as L'apothicaire

Louis Raymond

as Le premier médecin

Maurice Bourbon

as Le deuxième médecin

Michel Ferre

as M. de Gesvres

Guy Pintat

as Le chef-cuisinier

Michelle Marquais

as Mme de Motteville

Jean-Jacques Daubin

as M. de Vardes

Georges Goubert

as M. de Soyecourt

Pierre Pernet

as Monsieur

Gilette Barbier

as Pierrette Dufour

Jean Obé

as Le Vau

Jacques Charby

as L'assistant de Le Vau

Micheline Muc

as Mlle de Pons

Michel Debrane

as Le tailleur

François Bennard

as L'Archevèque

Georges Spanelly

as Seguier

Jean Soustre

as M. de Guiche

Axel Ganz

as L'Ambassadeur

Jean-Jacques Leconte

as Le 1er Chambellan

Violette Marceau

as Mlle de Chemerault

Paula Dehelly

as Mme d'Elboeuf

Jacques Préboist

as Mousquetaire

André Daguenet

as Le patron marinier

Marc Fraiseau

as Marinier

Pierre Frag

as Marinier

Jean Coste

as Marinier

Rita Maiden

as Une paysanne

Jean-Claude Charnay

as Messenger

Jacqueline Corot

as Madame Henrietta

Hélène Manesse

as The Naiad