Richelieu
Richelieu: behind the purple, lies secrecy and strategy.
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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Cast
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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
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Hans Caninenberg Ferdinand II -
Jan Hendriks Butler -
Werner Kreindl Illo -
Alexander Kerst Gallas - Malte Thorsten Le cardinal infant
