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.
Louis XIV
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Cardinal Mazarin
Anne d'Autriche
Madame Du Plessis
Nicolas Fouquet
Michel Le Tellier
Louise de la Vallière
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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.
Movie / 1945
Movie / 1948
Movie / 1955
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2000
Movie / 2005
Movie / 1938
Movie / 2023
Movie / 1985
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2021
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2015
Movie / 2023
Movie / 1961
Movie / 1956
Movie / 1992
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2000
Movie / 2005