Versailles

(2015)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 235 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2015

Runtime: 52 мин

Country: France, United Kingdom

Director: David Wolstencroft, Simon Mirren

Cast: Джордж Благден, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Элиза Ласовски, Анна Брюстер, Evan Williams, Maddison Jaizani, Стив Кьюмин, Джо Шеридан

Plot

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

In the wake of the Fronde in 1667, the French nobility have begun to defy and disobey the monarchy. Young King Louis XIV decides to move the court from the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris to his father's former hunting lodge near the hamlet of Versailles as a means to force their submission. As Louis renovates and expands his new Palace of Versailles, the nobles-displaced from their usual surroundings but compelled to surround the king-become embroiled in increasingly dangerous intrigues.