Sep 16, 2008
180 min
Full-HD

Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008)

Docudrama about the life of Louis XIV nicknamed "the Sun King", the King of France who ran a glamorous court, expanded the borders of France, loved women and parties and built an incredible palace for himself - the Versailles.

Category

History

Country

France

Companies

Les Films d'Ici France 2

Cherie Lunghi

Narrator (English)

Vinciane Millereau

La narratrice

Samuel Theis

Louis XIV

Jérôme Pouly

Colbert

Caroline Bourg

Mme de Montespan

Antoine Coesens

Le Vau

Corinne Masiero

La mère de l'ouvrier décédé

Nicolas Jouhet

Le Nôtre

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