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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.
Title | The Taking of Power by Louis XIV |
Companies | Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française |
Countries | France |
Keywords | 17th century, louis xiv |

Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste ColbertSilvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn
Anne d'AutricheDominique Vincent
Madame Du PlessisPierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le TellierFrançoise Ponty
Louise de la VallièreJoëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père JolyFrançois Mirante
M. de BrienneRoger Guillo
L'apothicaireLouis Raymond
Le premier médecinMaurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecinMichel Ferre
M. de GesvresGuy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Michelle Marquais
Mme de MottevilleJean-Jacques Daubin
M. de VardesGeorges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Pierre Pernet
MonsieurGilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Jean Obé
Le Vau
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le VauMicheline Muc
Mlle de PonsMichel Debrane
Le tailleurFrançois Bennard
L'Archevèque
Georges Spanelly
SeguierJean Soustre
M. de GuicheAxel Ganz
L'AmbassadeurJean-Jacques Leconte
Le 1er Chambellan
Violette Marceau
Mlle de Chemerault
Paula Dehelly
Mme d'Elboeuf
Jacques Préboist
MousquetaireAndré Daguenet
Le patron marinierMarc Fraiseau
Marinier
Pierre Frag
MarinierJean Coste
Marinier
Rita Maiden
Une paysanneJean-Claude Charnay
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