The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (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.
Directed by: Roberto Rossellini
Top Billed Cast: Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Silvagni
Runtime: 95 minutes
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Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
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Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
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Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
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François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
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Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
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Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
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Michel Ferre
M. de Gesvres
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Guy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Michelle Marquais
Mme de Motteville
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Jean-Jacques Daubin
M. de Vardes
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Georges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Pierre Pernet
Monsieur
Gilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Jean Obé
Le Vau
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le Vau
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Micheline Muc
Mlle de Pons
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Michel Debrane
Le tailleur
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François Bennard
L'Archevèque
Georges Spanelly
Seguier
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Jean Soustre
M. de Guiche
Axel Ganz
L'Ambassadeur
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Jean-Jacques Leconte
Le 1er Chambellan
Violette Marceau
Mlle de Chemerault
Paula Dehelly
Mme d'Elboeuf
Jacques Préboist
Mousquetaire
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André Daguenet
Le patron marinier
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Marc Fraiseau
Marinier
