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title: 'The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roberto Rossellini'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-taking-of-power-by-louis-xiv-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060860/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)

1966 · G · 100 min · History · France

Original title: La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV

## Synopsis

The Taking of Power by 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."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini)
- **Screenplay:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini), [Jean Gruault](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gruault)
- **Producer:** [Roberto Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-rossellini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Georges Leclerc](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-leclerc)

## Cast

- [André Dumas](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-dumas)
- [Raymond Jourdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-jourdan)
- [Pierre Frag](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-frag)
- [Paula Dehelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-dehelly)
- [Fernand Fabre](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-fabre)
- [Gilette Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilette-barbier)
- [Maria Cumani Quasimodo](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-cumani-quasimodo)
- [Pierre Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-barrat)
- [Jacques Charby](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-charby)
- [Hélène Manesse](https://cinepixo.com/people/helene-manesse)
- [Maurice Barrier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-barrier)
- [Jean Obé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-obe)

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