Louis, the Child King

Nov 4, 1993

2h 42m

★ 5.5

Overview

January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.

Genres

War

Drama

History

Production Companies

Les Films du Losange

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Cast

Anne d'Autriche

Carmen Maura

Louis XIV

Maxime Mansion

Mazarin

Paolo Graziosi

Philippe Duc d'Anjou

Jocelyn Quivrin

Duchesse de Chevreuse

Brigitte Catillon

Prince de Condé

Serge Dupire

Gaston d'Orléans

Hervé Briaux

Grande Mademoiselle

Irina Dalle

Duchesse de Chatillon

Isabelle Gélinas

Duchesse de Longueville

Michèle Laroque

Coadjuteur de l'Archevêque de Paris, futur Cardinal de Retz

Aurélien Recoing

Prince de Conti

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