TV Series · 1977

Richelieu

52 min · Family, War & Politics · Ended

Composite

4.8

IMDb

7.2 / 10

58 votes

TMDB

9.5 / 10

2 votes

Local

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No votes

Synopsis

In a France fractured by court rivalries and personal ambitions, Richelieu moves without ornament. No flourish, no glory — only the cold machinery of power. Caught between a hesitant king, a nobility dreaming of defiance, and enemies multiplying on every front, the cardinal enforces his line: centralize, control, crush resistance. The series follows a strategist who doesn’t hide behind morality. He acts to keep the State standing, even if it means breaking those who stand in his way. Espionage, secret negotiations, decisive strikes… Richelieu plays a game where mistakes are fatal, and the survival of the kingdom rests on one man willing to go further than all the others

Cast

Marco Perrin

Henri IV

Maria Wimmer

Marie de Médicis

Maryvonne Schiltz

Léonora Galigaï

Mireille Audibert

La jolie dame de Paris

Georges Descrières

Bellegarde

Michel Bertay

Tisserand

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Anne Deleuze

Marie-Madeleine Combalet

Hans Caninenberg

Ferdinand II

Jan Hendriks

Butler

Werner Kreindl

Illo

Alexander Kerst

Gallas

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Malte Thorsten

Le cardinal infant

Jean-Pierre Bernard

Maréchal Concini

Pierre Vernier

Armand du Plessis de Richelieu

Marie-Christine Demarest

Anne d'Autriche

Jacques Rosny

Louis XIII

Crew

Jean-François Chiappe Creator

Seasons & episodes

Miniseries (1 ep)

6. Episode 6

Nov 17, 1977 · 52 min

The Thirty Years’ War brought France significant territorial gains, but within the country the tax burden increased, deepening poverty and popular discontent. Richelieu also provoked strong opposition among the nobility, whose privileges he greatly reduced by strengthening the king’s absolute authority. Several plots were directed against him. The Cinq-Mars conspiracy, led by a royal favourite who had in fact been promoted by Richelieu himself, was the final attempt to overthrow him, but it failed. Richelieu died at the height of his power on December 4, 1642, of natural causes. Mazarin, also a cardinal, succeeded him.