Richelieu

Richelieu

Richelieu: behind the purple, lies secrecy and strategy.

1977 · 1 season · 6 eps · ★ 9.5 · War & Politics, Family

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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

Created by Jean-François Chiappe, Philippe Erlanger

Network: TF1

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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
Anne Deleuze Marie-Madeleine Combalet
Hans Caninenberg Ferdinand II
Jan Hendriks Butler
Werner Kreindl Illo
Alexander Kerst Gallas
Malte Thorsten Le cardinal infant

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