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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

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1966 / 90min.

Rating7.1

Genres

DramaHistory

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Actors

Fernand Fabre André Dumas Maurice Barrier Jacques Préboist Paula Dehelly Pierre Frag Pierre Pernet Jean Obé Gilette Barbier Michelle Marquais

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