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Richelieu

1977 · 1 season · 52m per episode · War & Politics, Family

Richelieu: behind the purple, lies secrecy and strategy.

In a France fractured by court rivalries and personal ambitions, Richelieu moves without ornament. No flourish, no glory — only the cold machinery of power. Caught between a hesitant king, a nobility dreaming of defiance, and enemies multiplying on every front, the cardinal enforces his line: centralize, control, crush resistance. The series follows a strategist who doesn’t hide behind morality. He acts to keep the State standing, even if it means breaking those who stand in his way. Espionage, secret negotiations, decisive strikes… Richelieu plays a game where mistakes are fatal, and the survival of the kingdom rests on one man willing to go further than all the others

Seasons

• Miniseries — 6 episodes (October 13, 1977)

Cast

• Marco Perrin as Henri IV
• Maria Wimmer as Marie de Médicis
• Maryvonne Schiltz as Léonora Galigaï
• Mireille Audibert as La jolie dame de Paris
• Georges Descrières as Bellegarde
• Michel Bertay as Tisserand
• Anne Deleuze as Marie-Madeleine Combalet
• Hans Caninenberg as Ferdinand II
• Jan Hendriks as Butler
• Werner Kreindl as Illo
• Alexander Kerst as Gallas
• Malte Thorsten as Le cardinal infant

Details

Created by

Jean-François Chiappe and Philippe Erlanger

First aired

October 13, 1977

Episodes

6

Genres

War & Politics, Family

Network

TF1

Status

Ended

TMDB score

9.5 / 10 from 2 votes