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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV( 1966)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      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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      Joëlle Laugeois

      Marie-Thérèse

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      Maurice Barrier

      D'Artagnan

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      André Dumas

      Le Père Joly

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      François Mirante

      M. de Brienne

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      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

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      Michelle Marquais

      Mme de Motteville

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      Jean-Jacques Daubin

      M. de Vardes

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      Georges Goubert

      M. de Soyecourt

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      Pierre Pernet

      Monsieur

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      Gilette Barbier

      Pierrette Dufour

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      Jean Obé

      Le Vau

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      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

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      Georges Spanelly

      Seguier

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      Jean Soustre

      M. de Guiche

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      Axel Ganz

      L'Ambassadeur

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      Jean-Jacques Leconte

      Le 1er Chambellan

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      Violette Marceau

      Mlle de Chemerault

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      Paula Dehelly

      Mme d'Elboeuf

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      Jacques Préboist

      Mousquetaire

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      André Daguenet

      Le patron marinier

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      Marc Fraiseau

      Marinier

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      Pierre Frag

      Marinier

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      Jean Coste

      Marinier

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      Rita Maiden

      Une paysanne

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      Jean-Claude Charnay

      Messenger

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      Jacqueline Corot

      Madame Henrietta

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      Hélène Manesse

      The Naiad

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • 17th century
    • louis xiv