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TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV

TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV

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Studio: Criterion  Genre:
Actors: Pierre Barrat; Maurice Barrier; Franois Bernard; Andr Dumas; Raymond Jourdan; Jean-Jacques Lecomte; Rita Maiden; Jean Obe; Jean-Marie Patte; Raymond Pelissier Director:
UPC: 715515034623 Release Date: 1/13/09
Region Code: 1 Languages: english: Subtitled; french: Original Language; english: Unknown
Number of Discs: 1 Notes: Used; DVD; Color; DVD-Video; NTSC; Subtitled
Product ID: D00063170 Rating: Unrated

Details

  • Release Year: 1966
  • Genre: Biography, History
  • Plot: 1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Surintendant who's been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power; he overplays his hand, offering a bribe to Louis's 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. Years later, in a coda, we see Louis exercising the power of the sun.
  • Cast: Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, César Silvagni
  • Director: Roberto Rossellini
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Media Format: movie
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