The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
- Original title
- La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV
- Directed by
- Roberto Rossellini
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows young King Louis XIV and his advisor Colbert as they outmaneuver French nobles to consolidate power into an absolute monarchy. It shows how political strategy and court rituals reshape French society.
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What happens
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (French: La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV), also called The Rise of Louis XIV, is a 1966 French television film directed by the Italian Roberto Rossellini and written by Philippe Erlanger and Jean Gruault. It describes how the young king Louis XIV and his lieutenant Jean-Baptiste Colbert restructured French politics and undermined their noble rivals to create an absolute monarchy. Richard Brody wrote that the film "traces the rise of modern French culture—indeed, of modern France—to very specific moments in the young king's struggle to preserve his fragile reign." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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