La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966)
Kardinaal Mazarin sterft, waardoor er een machtsvacuüm ontstaat waarin de jonge Lodewijk zijn voornemen bevestigt om zowel te regeren als te regeren. Mazarins begrotingsadviseur, Colbert, waarschuwt voor Fouquet, de hoofdinspecteur die systematisch de schatkist plundert en premier wil worden. Fouquet gelooft dat Louis binnenkort genoeg zal hebben van het uitoefenen van macht en overspeelt zijn hand door steekpenningen aan te bieden aan de minnares van Louis om zijn bondgenoot te worden. Ze meldt dit aan de koning die Fouquet arresteert. Louis en Colbert bedenken een briljante strategie om kooplieden geld te laten verdienen, edelen met schulden, de armen in de steden te laten werken en te voeden, en boeren onbelast te houden.
Regiseur: Roberto Rossellini
![]() |
Jean-Marie Patte as Louis XIV |
![]() |
Raymond Jourdan as Jean Baptiste Colbert |
![]() |
Silvagni as Cardinal Mazarin |
![]() |
Katharina Renn as Anne d'Autriche |
![]() |
Dominique Vincent as Madame Du Plessis |
![]() |
Pierre Barrat as Nicolas Fouquet |
![]() |
Fernand Fabre as Michel Le Tellier |
![]() |
Françoise Ponty as Louise de la Vallière |
![]() |
Joëlle Laugeois as Marie-Thérèse |
![]() |
Maurice Barrier as D'Artagnan |
![]() |
André Dumas as Le Père Joly |
![]() |
François Mirante as M. de Brienne |
![]() |
Roger Guillo as L'apothicaire |
![]() |
Louis Raymond as Le premier médecin |
![]() |
Maurice Bourbon as Le deuxième médecin |
![]() |
Michel Ferre as M. de Gesvres |
![]() |
Guy Pintat as Le chef-cuisinier |
![]() |
Michelle Marquais as Mme de Motteville |
![]() |
Jean-Jacques Daubin as M. de Vardes |
![]() |
Georges Goubert as M. de Soyecourt |
![]() |
Pierre Pernet as Monsieur |
![]() |
Gilette Barbier as Pierrette Dufour |
![]() |
Jean Obé as Le Vau |
![]() |
Jacques Charby as L'assistant de Le Vau |
![]() |
Micheline Muc as Mlle de Pons |
![]() |
Michel Debrane as Le tailleur |
![]() |
François Bennard as L'Archevèque |
![]() |
Georges Spanelly as Seguier |
![]() |
Jean Soustre as M. de Guiche |
![]() |
Axel Ganz as L'Ambassadeur |
![]() |
Jean-Jacques Leconte as Le 1er Chambellan |
![]() |
Violette Marceau as Mlle de Chemerault |
![]() |
Paula Dehelly as Mme d'Elboeuf |
![]() |
Jacques Préboist as Mousquetaire |
![]() |
André Daguenet as Le patron marinier |
![]() |
Marc Fraiseau as Marinier |
![]() |
Pierre Frag as Marinier |
![]() |
Jean Coste as Marinier |
![]() |
Rita Maiden as Une paysanne |
![]() |
Jean-Claude Charnay as Messenger |
![]() |
Jacqueline Corot as Madame Henrietta |
![]() |
Hélène Manesse as The Naiad |
| Production | Claude Baks | Producer |
| Directing | Roberto Rossellini | Director |
| Writing | Michelle Podroznik | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Philippe Erlanger | Writer |
| Writing | Jean Gruault | Writer |
| Writing | Roberto Rossellini | Writer |
| Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jean-Louis Picavet | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Armand Ridel | Editor |
| Art | Maurice Valay | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Coste | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadine Jouve | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jacques Gayet | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Quiquempois | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Betty Willemetz | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jean-Claude Brisson | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Renzo Rossellini | Second Unit |