The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jean-Marie Patte

Louis XIV

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Raymond Jourdan

Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Silvagni

Cardinal Mazarin

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Katharina Renn

Anne d'Autriche

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Dominique Vincent

Madame Du Plessis

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Pierre Barrat

Nicolas Fouquet

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Fernand Fabre

Michel Le Tellier

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Françoise Ponty

Louise de la Vallière

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Roberto Rossellini
Writing	Writer	Philippe Erlanger Jean Gruault Roberto Rossellini
	Scenario Writer	Michelle Podroznik
Camera	Director of Photography	Jean-Louis Picavet Georges Leclerc
Art	Production Design	Maurice Valay
Sound	Sound Mixer	Jean-Claude Brisson Jean-Paul Quiquempois
	Sound Designer	Jacques Gayet Betty Willemetz
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Nadine Jouve
	Costume Design	Christiane Coste
Crew	Second Unit	Renzo Rossellini
Editing	Editor	Armand Ridel
Production	Producer	Claude Baks
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