The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
Release: 1966-10-08
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.1
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
ORTF
Cast
Pierre Pernet
as Monsieur
Katharina Renn
as Anne d'Autriche
Roger Guillo
as L'apothicaire
Jacqueline Corot
as Madame Henrietta
Michelle Marquais
as Mme de Motteville
Jacques Charby
as L'assistant de Le Vau
Fernand Fabre
as Michel Le Tellier
Jacques Préboist
as Mousquetaire
Raymond Jourdan
as Jean Baptiste Colbert
André Dumas
as Le Père Joly
Georges Spanelly
as Seguier
Violette Marceau
as Mlle de Chemerault
Gilette Barbier
as Pierrette Dufour
Jean Obé
as Le Vau
Pierre Frag
as Marinier
Jean-Marie Patte
as Louis XIV
Paula Dehelly
as Mme d'Elboeuf
Rita Maiden
as Une paysanne
Maurice Barrier
as D'Artagnan
