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📅 1966 ⏱️ 95 min ⭐ 7.2/10 👥 49 votes

🎭 Drama, 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.

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This 95-minute Drama/History takes viewers on an immersive journey through its narrative. The plot development showcases exceptional storytelling with carefully crafted character arcs and thematic depth.

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Main 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

Roger Guillo as L'apothicaire

Louis Raymond as Le premier médecin

Maurice Bourbon as Le deuxième médecin

Writers

Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault, Roberto Rossellini

Producers

Claude Baks

Production Information

Release Date: October 8, 1966

Runtime: 95 minutes

Original Language: FR

Production Companies: ORTF

Filming Locations: France

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