In the 17th century, under Louis XIII, the policy of Cardinal de Richelieu aimed at the definitive establishment of a monarchic power, and gave rise to a struggle against the great feudal lords, who favored a weak central power. Numerous conspiracies against the Cardinal were led by the high nobility. The one led by Henri Coiffier de Ruzé d'Effiat, marquis de Cinq-Mars, was the last and most famous of them.
Cast
Pierre Vaneck
Louis XIII
Paul Blain
Cinq-Mars
Georges Marchal
Cardinal de Richelieu
Madeleine Robinson
Marie de Médicis
Jacques Duby
Père Joseph
Hervé Furic
François de Thou
Pascale Audret
Anne d'Autriche
Philippe Mareuil
Gaston d'Orléans
Thérèse Liotard
Louise-Marie de Gonzague
Edith Perret
la duègne
Max Montavon
La Chesnaye
Pierre-Alain Wolf
Ludovic
Hubert Colas
Alexandre
Hervé Icovic
Auguste
Michel Mourterot
le jeune homme pauvre
Thierry Redler
le soldat
Sophie Deschamps
Marie de Hautefort
Elisabeth Margoni
Marion Delorme
Marie-France Mignal
Ninon de Lanclos
Dominique Maurin
l'orateur
Jean Autolinos
Séguier
Jacques Gheusi
Laubardemont
Dominique Bonnaud
Pierre le poète
Georges Lucas
le médecin d'Arras
Philippe Roussel
l'officier
Serge Berry
le gouverneur
Jean-Claude Brialy
l'historien
Jean-Loup Horwitz
le barbier
Jacques Ramade
le juge
Gérard Touroul
le messager
Didier Gorneau
le médecin du roi
Jean-Marie Bon
le paysan
Michel Clainchy
le courtisan à la chasse
Luc Bernard
l'étudiant
Philippe Klébert
l'émissaire
Victor Dacruz
le premier clerc
Christian Ragueneau
le deuxième clerc
Philippe Loffredo
le hérault
Jean-Marie Cholley
le courtisan
Thierry Fouques
l'envoyé de Marie de Médicis
Crew
Jean-Claude Brialy
Director
Didier Decoin
Writer
Marie-Josée Guissart
Script
Graziella Bussi
Editor
Claude Dufour
Editor
Christian Pétard
Director of Photography
Daniel Langenfeld
Color Grading
Cléo Daran
Producer
Michel Pontonnier
Producer's Assistant
Catherine Belloeil
Production Assistant
Christian Decreton
Camera Operator
Jean-Bernard Aurouet
Camera Operator
Jean-Pierre Mayer
Costume Designer
Anne-Marie Percevault
Costume Supervisor
Françoise Poillot
Costume Supervisor
Nicole Stévanin
Hair Designer
Christiane Wenck
Hair Designer
Catherine Comtet
Makeup Artist
Nadine Gayet
Makeup Artist
Christian Londe
Mixing Engineer
Jacky Dufour
Sound Effects
Michel Lemoine
Sound
Dominique Pauvros
Sound
Richard Clayderman
Musician
Claude Michel
Electrician
François Comtet
Decorator
Jacques Flamand
Decorator
Paul De Senneville
Compositor
Olivier Toussaint
Compositor