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The taking of power by Louis XIV, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française ; written and adapted by Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault ; directed by Roberto Rossellini

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The taking of power by Louis XIV, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française ; written and adapted by Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault ; directed by Roberto Rossellini
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The taking of power by Louis XIV
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videorecording DVD
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Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française ; written and adapted by Philippe Erlanger, Jean Gruault ; directed by Roberto Rossellini
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100
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Criterion Collection, 456
Summary
Cardinal Mazarin dies in 1661. The young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, who wants to be prime minister and is looting the treasury. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand. Louis' mistress 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. Years later, in a coda, Louis exercises the power of the sun
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live action
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Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIVRise of Louis XIV
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