Guy Pintat

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Marie Patte  •  Raymond Jourdan  •  Silvagni  •  Katharina Renn

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Marie Patte  •  Raymond Jourdan  •  Silvagni  •  Katharina Renn

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DIRECTION:  Georges Folgoas
CAST:  Anny Duperey  •  Mireille Delcroix  •  Jean Le Poulain  •  Gaston Vacchia