Cast & Crew

Directed by

Roger Planchon

Writing Credits

Roger Planchon
(scenario)

Cast

Carmen Maura
Anne d'Autriche
Maxime Mansion
Louis XIV
Paolo Graziosi
Mazarin
Jocelyn Quivrin
Philippe Duc d'Anjou
Hervé Briaux
Gaston d'Orléans
Brigitte Catillon
Duchesse de Chevreuse
Irina Dalle
Grande Mademoiselle
Serge Dupire
Prince de Condé
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
Marco Bisson
Le duc de Nemours
Carlo Brandt
Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Isabelle Renauld
Mme de Beauvais
Jean-Pol Dubois
Abbé La Rivière
Frédéric Bazin
Colbert
Thierry Bosc
Vicomte de Turenne
Jacques Bourgaux
Le faux Mazarin
Marcel Bozonnet
Louis XIII
Frédéric Constant
Marquis de Jarze
Elodie Frenck
La servante aux grands pieds
Ezio Frigerio
Tonelli
Laurent Gamelon
Descouches
Michèle Gleizer
Mme de Noirols
Nathalie Krebs
Margueritte, duchesse d'Orléans
Pierre-Jean Larroque
Le chanteur italien
Lorenzo Lavia
Paolo Mancini
Jean Leuvrais
Novion
Claude Lévèque
Le précepteur
Sébastien Libessart
Marquis de Villequier
Jean-Pierre Malignon
Le professeur de musique
Michèle Pezzin
Princesse de Condé
Roger Planchon
Le vieux domestique
Bruno Raffaelli
Le Bé
Nathalie Rebondo
La fille du jardinier
Elsa Saladin
Laura Mancini
Gérard Simon
Le préposé aux chandelles
Richard Sammut
Le duc de Châtillon
Frédéric Tokarz
Le duc de Mercoeur
Yasmine Tomlinson
Une fille de Gaston d'Orléans
Layla Tomlinson
Une fille de Gaston d'Orléans
Max Vialle
Valot
Françoise Deniau
Danseuse
Marc LeClerc
Danseur
Serge Ambert
Danseur
Charles Berling
Petit rôle
Anne-Marie Gardette
Danseuse
Nicolas N'Guyen
Danseur
Natalie Van Parys
Danseuse

Produced by

Margaret Ménégoz
producer

Music by

Jean-Pierre Fouquey

Cinematography by

Gérard Simon

Editing by

Isabelle Devinck

Production Design by

Ezio Frigerio

Costume Design by

Franca Squarciapino

Makeup Department

Isabelle Bertaud
hair stylist (as Isabelle Patocska) / makeup artist (as Isabelle Patocska)
Annie Marandin
key hair stylist / key makeup artist
Corinne Masselo
hair stylist / makeup artist
Paillette
key hair stylist (as Jacques Maistre) / key makeup artist (as Jacques Maistre)

Production Management

Jean-Marc Deschamps
production manager
Marc Maurette
production manager
Alain Mougenot
assistant unit manager
Hervé Ruet
assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gilbert Guichardière
first assistant director
Frédéric Planchon
2nd Unit director
Anne Soisson
second assistant director

Art Department

Stéphane Cressend
assistant art director
Didier Dubedout
assistant art director
Denis Fritsch
assistant art director
Pierre Guerrero
assistant art director
Joëlle Marcy
assistant art director
Alexis McKenzie Main
assistant art director
Olivier Raoux
assistant art director
Vincent Sentis
assistant art director
Piotr Styczen
props
Bertrand Terreyre
carpenter
Simon Tric
art assistant
Valérie Valéro
assistant art director

Sound Department

Vincent Arnardi
re-recording mixer
Gilles Fargout
sound editor
Thierry Lebon
re-recording mixer
Nadine Muse
sound editor
Jacques Thomas-Gérard
sound mixer

Special Effects by

Georges Demétrau
special effects
Olivier Zenenski
special effects

Stunts

Claude Carliez
stunt coordinator
Frédéric Vallet
stunts
Daniel Breton
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Philippe Depardieu
electrician
Bernard Gemahling
gaffer (as Bernard Gemähling)
Gilles Guillard
camera operator
Emmanuel Ortner
first assistant camera
François Paumard
second assistant camera
Michel Sabourdy
electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Gilles Bodu-Lemoine
costumer (as Gilles Bodu)
Christophe Giraud
costume painter
Gil Noir
costumer
Eric Perron
costumer
Michèle Pezzin
costume supervisor
Germaine Ribel
costumer

Editorial Department

Eric Armbruster
apprentice editor
Mathilde Cousin
assistant editor
Laurent Rouan
assistant editor (as Laurent Roüan)

Music Department

Didier Lizé
music recording mixer

Additional Crew

Élizabeth Boorn
production secretary
Claude Carliez
armorer
Eymeric Jorat
restorator
Marc LeClerc
choreographer
Mario Luraschi
horses and carriages
Sylvie Mortenson
animal trainer
All Filters