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Rossellini's The Rise to Power of Louis XIV

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A compelling study of political manipulation, achieved with a documentary-like attention to detail.
The great Cardinal Mazarin , the power behind the French throne, is dying. His final advice to the young playboy King
Louis XIV is to take over the reins of the government himself. Louis sets about his personal revolution with unexpected skill and resolution. In French with English subtitles.
0 FILMS: pages 47.54

Contributors

Unknown:
Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIV:
Jean-Marie Patte
Colbert:
Raymond Jourdan
Cardinal Mazarin:
Sil Vagni
Anneof Austria:
Katharina Renn
MmeduPlessis:
Dominique Vincent
Fouquet:
Pierre Barrat
Source: Radio Times

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