The Rise of Louis XIV
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Cast & Crew
Roberto Rossellini
Jean-marie Patte
Raymond Jourdan
Silvagni
Katharina Renn
Dominique Vincent
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Synopsis
Upon the death of Mazarin in 1661 Louis XIV ascends the throne of France. Contrary to expectations the king immediately consolidates his power, denies his mother a place on the privy council, arrests Minister of Finance Nicolas Fouquet, appoints in his stead the incorruptible Colbert, and moves his court from Paris to Versailles, thereby separating the nobility from its power base. At court he further distracts the aristocracy by devising sumptuous fashions, lavish banquets, extravagant entertainments and elaborate rituals celebrating his exalted position, and by encouraging rivalry and intrigue. In middle age the king contemplates his royal isolation.
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Cast
Jean-marie Patte
Raymond Jourdan
Silvagni
Katharina Renn
Dominique Vincent
Pierre Barrat
Fernand Fabre
Françoise Ponty
Joëlle Laugeois
Maurice Barrier
André Dumas
François Mirante
Pierre Spadoni
Roger Guillo
Louis Raymond
Maurice Bourbon
Michel Ferré
Guy Pintat
Michèle Marquais
Jean-jacques Daubin
Georges Goubert
Pierre Pernet
Ginette Barbier
Jean Obe
Jacques Charby
Micheline Muc
Michel Debrane
René Rabault
François Bennard
Georges Spanelly
Jean Soustre
Axel Ganz
Jean-jacques Lecomte
Violette Marceau
Paula Dehelly
Jacques Préboist
Robert Cransac
André Daguenet
Marc Fraiseau
Pierre Frag
Jean Coste
Rita Maiden
Françoise Deville
M. Le Marquis De Brissac
M. Le Vicomte De Chabot
Le Rallye Boissière
Crew
Claude Butteau
Christiane Costumese
Philippe Erlanger
Jacques Gayet
Pierre Gout
Jean Gruault
Jean Gruault
Yves Kovacs
Yves Kovacs
Jean-dominique De La Rochefoucauld
Georges Leclerc
Armand Ridel
Maurice Valay
Betty Willemetz
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Produced for French television in 1966. Paris opening: November 1966 as La prise de pouvoir par [de] Louis XIV.
