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The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
G
1966
1h 35m
Drama
,
History
,
and more
7.1
100%
70%
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After the death of Cardinal Mazarin, young king Louis XIV decides to assert his power to control the aristocracy.
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Cast of The Taking of Power by Louis XIV
Jean-Marie Patte
Louis XIV
Raymond Jourdan
Jean Baptiste Colbert
César Silvagni
Cardinal Mazarin
Katharina Renn
Anne d'Autriche
Dominique Vincent
Madame Du Plessis
Pierre Barrat
Nicolas Fouquet
Fernand Fabre
Michel Le Tellier
Françoise Ponty
Louise de la Vallière
Joëlle Laugeois
Marie-Thérèse
Maurice Barrier
D'Artagnan
André Dumas
Le Père Joly
François Mirante
M. de Brienne
Roger Guillo
L'apothicaire
Louis Raymond
Le premier médecin
Maurice Bourbon
Le deuxième médecin
Michel Ferre
M. de Gesvres
Guy Pintat
Le chef-cuisinier
Michelle Marquais
Mme de Motteville
Jean-Jacques Daubin
M. de Vardes
Georges Goubert
M. de Soyecourt
Pierre Pernet
Monsieur
Gilette Barbier
Pierrette Dufour
Jean Obé
Le Vau
Jacques Charby
L'assistant de Le Vau
Micheline Muc
Mlle de Pons
Michel Debrane
Le tailleur
François Bennard
L'Archevèque
Georges Spanelly
Seguier
Jean Soustre
M. de Guiche
Axel Ganz
L'Ambassadeur
Jean-Jacques Leconte
Le 1er Chambellan
Violette Marceau
Mlle de Chemerault
Paula Dehelly
Mme d'Elboeuf
Jacques Préboist
Mousquetaire
André Daguenet
Le patron marinier
Marc Fraiseau
Marinier
Pierre Frag
Marinier
Jean Coste
Marinier
Rita Maiden
Une paysanne
Jean-Claude Charnay
Messenger
Jacqueline Corot
Madame Henrietta
Hélène Manesse
The Naiad
Roberto Rossellini
Director / Writer
Philippe Erlanger
Writer
Jean Gruault
Writer
Claude Baks
Producer
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Rossellini deftly and briskly turns ideas into action...
Los Angeles Free Press
Paul Schrader
Rossellini has created a monument to Louis in a film which stands as great as Versailles in architecture.
n+1
A.S. Hamrah
Rossellini's moving camera keeps it lively even as he criticizes the kind of spectacle Louis uses to rule, the kind movies make of history.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The complex power study is a picture of clarity.
Movie Metropolis
Christopher Long
... history writ small, a layering of subtle (and sometimes grueling) details that accumulate a mysterious gestalt power. The final product is a masterpiece, one of Rossellinis greatest achievements.
Parallax View
Sean Axmaker
[Roberto] Rossellini directs less like a drama than a pageant, with a largely non-professional cast arranged like figures in a painting...
Slant Magazine
Fernando F. Croce
Despite accusations of academic dryness, Louis XIV can be an almost overwhelmingly physical picture.
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