Richelieu

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

Released generally as Cardinal Richelieu, this George Arliss vehicle was based on the popular 19th-century blank-verse play by Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Downplaying the more villainous aspects of the character, Arliss portrays Richelieu as a dry-witted foxy-grandpa type, manipulating the well-meaning but often ineffectual French monarch Louis XIII (Edward Arnold) and cleverly outmaneuvering his scurrilous enemies, especially Louis' power-hungry brother Gaston (Francis Lister). Richelieu even finds time to smooth the romantic path of the young lovers, his young ward Lenore (Maureen O'Sullivan) and handsome Andre de Pons (Cesar Romero) – though he does this mainly to suit his own political and ecumenical purposes. Highlights include the famous scene in which the wily Richelieu defeats his foes by threatening them with eternal damnation! Richelieu was George Arliss's last American film; henceforth, he would appear only in British productions.

Quel héritage Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, devenu ministre du roi Louis XIII, a-t-il légué après son passage au sommet de l'Etat ? Tout en proposant une visite virtuelle du château qu'il a fait construire au XVIIe siècle, Stéphane Bern revient sur le destin de ce visionnaire, homme d'Eglise convaincu, grand bâtisseur et fin stratège, hanté par l'idée de la mort et de la disgrâce.

En septembre 1632 à Loudun, dans la province d'Anjou, des soeurs du couvent des Ursulines, agitées de convulsions, se disent possédées par le diable. Deux ans plus tard, l'Eglise désigne un coupable : Urbain Grandier, le prêtre de Loudun, qui périt sur le bûcher. Pourtant, les crises de possession des soeurs se sont poursuivies, pour ne cesser que quatre ans après la mort du père Urbain Grandier. Pourquoi a-t-il fait l'objet d'une telle manipulation ? Qui en est à l'origine ? Des historiens et des spécialistes tentent de décrypter ces mystères, sur lesquels plane l'ombre du ministre de Louis XIII, le Cardinal de Richelieu.

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King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D'Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince. Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu's plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan. The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized…

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