The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

7.1 95 min Movie
DramaHistory

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.

View on IMDb

Watch

Loading sources…

If a source does not load, open the ⚙ menu and pick another one.

Cast

Jean-Marie Patte Jean-Marie Patte Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan Raymond Jourdan Jean Baptiste Colbert
Silvagni Silvagni Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn Katharina Renn Anne d'Autriche
Dominique Vincent Dominique Vincent Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat Pierre Barrat Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre Fernand Fabre Michel Le Tellier
Françoise Ponty Françoise Ponty Louise de la Vallière
Joëlle Laugeois Joëlle Laugeois Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier Maurice Barrier D'Artagnan
André Dumas André Dumas Le Père Joly
François Mirante François Mirante M. de Brienne

More like this

A Magnificent Life 7.0
A Magnificent Life 2025
The Draughtsman's Contract 7.1
The Draughtsman's Contract 1982
June 1940, the Great Chaos 8.0
June 1940, the Great Chaos 2010
Tales from the Royal Wardrobe 7.0
Tales from the Royal Wardrobe 2014
Carnival in Flanders 8.0
Carnival in Flanders 1936
Cracking the Shakespeare Code 7.5
Cracking the Shakespeare Code 2016
Vatel 6.1
Vatel 2000
The Libertine 5.9
The Libertine 2004
Harakiri 8.5
Harakiri 1962
Martin Fruwein osmadvacátý odsouzený N/A
Martin Fruwein osmadvacátý odsouzený 2021
Amazing Grace 6.9
Amazing Grace 2007
Princess Protection Program 6.6
Princess Protection Program 2009