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Richelieu
“Richelieu: behind the purple, lies secrecy and strategy.”
9.5 / 10• 1977•1 Season · 6 Episodes•TV-14• French•Ended
War & PoliticsFamily
About the show
In a France fractured by court rivalries and personal ambitions, Richelieu moves without ornament. No flourish, no glory — only the cold machinery of power. Caught between a hesitant king, a nobility dreaming of defiance, and enemies multiplying on every front, the cardinal enforces his line: centralize, control, crush resistance. The series follows a strategist who doesn’t hide behind morality. He acts to keep the State standing, even if it means breaking those who stand in his way. Espionage, secret negotiations, decisive strikes… Richelieu plays a game where mistakes are fatal, and the survival of the kingdom rests on one man willing to go further than all the others
Starring
Marco Perrin
Henri IV
Maria Wimmer
Marie de Médicis
Maryvonne Schiltz
Léonora Galigaï
Mireille Audibert
La jolie dame de Paris
Georges Descrières
Bellegarde
Michel Bertay
Tisserand
AD
Anne Deleuze
Marie-Madeleine Combalet
Hans Caninenberg
Ferdinand II
