The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
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History
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.
Cast
Louis XIV
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Le Père Joly
M. de Brienne
L'apothicaire
Le premier médecin
Le deuxième médecin
M. de Gesvres
Le chef-cuisinier
Mme de Motteville
M. de Vardes
M. de Soyecourt
Cardinal Mazarin
Monsieur
Pierrette Dufour
Le Vau
L'assistant de Le Vau
Mlle de Pons
Le tailleur
L'Archevèque
Seguier
M. de Guiche
L'Ambassadeur
Anne d'Autriche
Le 1er Chambellan
Mlle de Chemerault
Mme d'Elboeuf
Mousquetaire
Le patron marinier
Marinier
Marinier
Marinier
Une paysanne
Messenger
Madame Du Plessis
Madame Henrietta
The Naiad
Nicolas Fouquet
Michel Le Tellier
Louise de la Vallière
Marie-Thérèse
D'Artagnan
Crew
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Director of Photography
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