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La Prise du Pouvoir Par Louis XIV = The Rise of Louis XIV

France, 1966
film

At the death of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661, Louis XIV, seconded by Colbert, imposes to France his concept of absolute monarchy. It is as if a documentary camera..

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