
TV show
Richelieu
Richelieu: behind the purple, lies secrecy and strategy.
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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
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Cast

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

Jean-Pierre Bernard
Maréchal Concini

Pierre Vernier
Armand du Plessis de Richelieu
Seasons

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