The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
🎞️ Movie 90 min FR
โ˜… 7.1 /10 1966

1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Surintendant who's been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power; he overplays his hand, offering a bribe to Louis's 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. Years later, in a coda, we see Louis exercising the power of the sun.

Cast

Jean-Marie Patte
Jean-Marie Patte
King Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
๐Ÿ‘ค
César Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
๐Ÿ‘ค
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
๐Ÿ‘ค
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
๐Ÿ‘ค
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
๐Ÿ‘ค
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
๐Ÿ‘ค
Georges Leclerc
Cinematographer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Jean-Louis Picavet
Cinematographer