Louis, the Child King (1993)

5.7/10 • 162 min • War Drama History

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.

Cast

Carmen Maura

Anne d'Autriche

Maxime Mansion

Louis XIV

Paolo Graziosi

Mazarin

Jocelyn Quivrin

Philippe Duc d'Anjou

Brigitte Catillon

Duchesse de Chevreuse

Serge Dupire

Prince de Condé

Hervé Briaux

Gaston d'Orléans

Irina Dalle

Grande Mademoiselle

Isabelle Gélinas

Duchesse de Chatillon

Michèle Laroque

Duchesse de Longueville

Aurélien Recoing

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

Régis Royer

Prince de Conti

Vanessa Wagner

Charlotte de Chevreuse

Maurice Barrier

Guitaud

Frédéric Bazin

Colbert

Carlo Brandt

Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Isabelle Renauld

Mme de Beauvais

Jean-Pol Dubois

Abbé La Rivière

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