The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
95 mins
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.
Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
Michel Ferre
M. de Gesvres
Guy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Jean-Jacques Daubin
M. de Vardes
Georges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Micheline Muc
Mlle de Pons
Michel Debrane
Le tailleur
François Bennard
L'Archevèque
Jean Soustre
M. de Guiche
Axel Ganz
L'Ambassadeur
Jean-Jacques Leconte
Le 1er Chambellan
André Daguenet
Le patron marinier
Marc Fraiseau
Marinier
Jean Coste
Marinier
Jean-Claude Charnay
Messenger
Hélène Manesse
The Naiad
Michelle Podroznik
Scenario Writer
Philippe Erlanger
Writer
Georges Leclerc
Director of Photography
Jean-Louis Picavet
Director of Photography
Armand Ridel
Editor
Maurice Valay
Production Design
Christiane Coste
Costume Design
Nadine Jouve
Makeup Artist
Jacques Gayet
Sound Designer
Jean-Paul Quiquempois
Sound Mixer
Betty Willemetz
Sound Designer
Jean-Claude Brisson
Sound Mixer
