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.
Stars: Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Silvagni, Katharina Renn, Dominique Vincent, Pierre Barrat
Crew: Claude Baks (Producer), Roberto Rossellini (Director), Michelle Podroznik (Scenario Writer), Philippe Erlanger (Writer), Jean-Paul Quiquempois (Sound Mixer), Jean-Louis Picavet (Director of Photography)
Country: France
Language: Français
Studio: Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 08, 1966
IMDb: 3.944
Keywords:17th century, louis xiv
