📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
1966-10-08
⌚ Running Time:
90 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.056
Beloved Cast
Louis XIV
Jean-Marie Patte
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Raymond Jourdan
Cardinal Mazarin
Silvagni
Anne d'Autriche
Katharina Renn
Madame Du Plessis
Dominique Vincent
Nicolas Fouquet
Pierre Barrat
Michel Le Tellier
Fernand Fabre
Louise de la Vallière
Françoise Ponty
Marie-Thérèse
Joëlle Laugeois
D'Artagnan
Maurice Barrier
Le Père Joly
André Dumas
M. de Brienne
François Mirante
L'apothicaire
Roger Guillo
Le premier médecin
Louis Raymond
Le deuxième médecin
Maurice Bourbon
M. de Gesvres
Michel Ferre
Le chef-cuisinier
Guy Pintat
Mme de Motteville
Michelle Marquais
M. de Vardes
Jean-Jacques Daubin
M. de Soyecourt
Georges Goubert
Monsieur
Pierre Pernet
Pierrette Dufour
Gilette Barbier
Le Vau
Jean Obé
L'assistant de Le Vau
Jacques Charby
Mlle de Pons
Micheline Muc
Le tailleur
Michel Debrane
L'Archevèque
François Bennard
Seguier
Georges Spanelly
M. de Guiche
Jean Soustre
L'Ambassadeur
Axel Ganz
Le 1er Chambellan
Jean-Jacques Leconte
Mlle de Chemerault
Violette Marceau
Mme d'Elboeuf
Paula Dehelly
Mousquetaire
Jacques Préboist
Le patron marinier
André Daguenet
Marinier
Marc Fraiseau
Marinier
Pierre Frag
Marinier
Jean Coste
Une paysanne
Rita Maiden
Messenger
Jean-Claude Charnay
Madame Henrietta
Jacqueline Corot
The Naiad
Hélène Manesse
