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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV is a french film of genre Drama directed by Roberto Rossellini with Raymond Jourdan

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
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Length 1h30
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical
Rating70% 3.543713.543713.543713.543713.54371

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (French: La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV), also called The Rise of Louis XIV, is a French television film by Italian film director Roberto Rossellini. The film revolves around the French king Louis XIV's rise to power after the death of his powerful advisor, Cardinal Mazarin. To achieve this political autonomy, Louis deals with his mother and the court nobles, all of whom assumed that Mazarin's death would give them all more power.

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À la mort du cardinal Mazarin en 1661, le jeune Louis XIV annonce à sa mère Anne d'Autriche et aux ministres sa décision de gouverner seul. S'appuyant sur Colbert, le jeune roi fait arrêter Fouquet, coupable de concussion. Le roi fait commencer les travaux de son nouveau palais à Versailles, œuvre de propagande royale devant impressionner l'Europe entière. La cour est domestiquée.

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