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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

7.119661h 35mMovieDramaHistory

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…

DirectorRoberto Rossellini
WritersPhilippe Erlanger·Jean Gruault
ProducerClaude Baks

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Cast · Directed by Roberto Rossellini

JPJean-Marie Patte
Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
RJRaymond Jourdan
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
SSilvagni
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
KRKatharina Renn
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
DVDominique Vincent
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
PBPierre Barrat
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
FFFernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
FP
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
JL
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
MBMaurice Barrier
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
ADAndré Dumas
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
FM
François Mirante
M. de Brienne

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