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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.
Where to watch The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
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
Details
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Released
- October 8, 1966
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Studio
- ORTF
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.1 / 10 from 54 votes
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