The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
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.
Director: Roberto Rossellini
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Jean-Marie Patte as Louis XIV |
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Raymond Jourdan as Jean Baptiste Colbert |
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Silvagni as Cardinal Mazarin |
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Katharina Renn as Anne d'Autriche |
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Dominique Vincent as Madame Du Plessis |
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Pierre Barrat as Nicolas Fouquet |
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Fernand Fabre as Michel Le Tellier |
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Françoise Ponty as Louise de la Vallière |
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Joëlle Laugeois as Marie-Thérèse |
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Maurice Barrier as D'Artagnan |
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André Dumas as Le Père Joly |
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François Mirante as M. de Brienne |
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Roger Guillo as L'apothicaire |
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Louis Raymond as Le premier médecin |
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Maurice Bourbon as Le deuxième médecin |
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Michel Ferre as M. de Gesvres |
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Guy Pintat as Le chef-cuisinier |
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Michelle Marquais as Mme de Motteville |
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Jean-Jacques Daubin as M. de Vardes |
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Georges Goubert as M. de Soyecourt |
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Pierre Pernet as Monsieur |
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Gilette Barbier as Pierrette Dufour |
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Jean Obé as Le Vau |
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Jacques Charby as L'assistant de Le Vau |
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Micheline Muc as Mlle de Pons |
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Michel Debrane as Le tailleur |
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François Bennard as L'Archevèque |
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Georges Spanelly as Seguier |
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Jean Soustre as M. de Guiche |
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Axel Ganz as L'Ambassadeur |
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Jean-Jacques Leconte as Le 1er Chambellan |
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Violette Marceau as Mlle de Chemerault |
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Paula Dehelly as Mme d'Elboeuf |
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Jacques Préboist as Mousquetaire |
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André Daguenet as Le patron marinier |
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Marc Fraiseau as Marinier |
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Pierre Frag as Marinier |
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Jean Coste as Marinier |
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Rita Maiden as Une paysanne |
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Jean-Claude Charnay as Messenger |
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Jacqueline Corot as Madame Henrietta |
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Hélène Manesse as The Naiad |
| Production | Claude Baks | Producer |
| Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
| Writing | Michelle Podroznik | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Philippe Erlanger | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Coste | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jean Gruault | Writer |
| Sound | Jacques Gayet | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Betty Willemetz | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Writer |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Picavet | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Brisson | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Armand Ridel | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Jouve | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Renzo Rossellini | Second Unit |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Quiquempois | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Maurice Valay | Production Design |
