Description
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.
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Release Date1966
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Runtime1 hr 34 min
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Languagefr
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Rating7.2 (49)
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Genres
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DirectorRoberto Rossellini
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CastJean-Marie PatteRaymond JourdanSilvagniKatharina RennDominique VincentPierre BarratFernand FabreFrançoise PontyJoëlle LaugeoisMaurice BarrierAndré DumasFrançois MiranteRoger GuilloLouis RaymondMaurice BourbonMichel FerreGuy PintatMichelle MarquaisJean-Jacques DaubinGeorges GoubertPierre PernetGilette BarbierJean ObéJacques CharbyMicheline MucMichel DebraneFrançois BennardGeorges SpanellyJean SoustreAxel GanzJean-Jacques LeconteViolette MarceauPaula DehellyJacques PréboistAndré DaguenetMarc FraiseauPierre FragJean CosteRita MaidenJean-Claude CharnayJacqueline CorotHélène Manesse
