É "todos por um e um por todos" quando os três mosqueteiros e D'Artagnan se reúnem nesta aventura de capa e espada. Leonardo DiCaprio interpreta os papeis do cruel Rei Luís XIV e do misterioso prisioneiro que se esconde por detrás da máscara de ferro. A fome predomina em Paris, mas o Rei está interessado nos assuntos da corte. Os Mosqueteiros, interpretados por Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich e Gerard Depardieu planeiam uma façanha ousada para salvar a França da tirania do Rei. Apenas D'Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne) se interpõe no seu caminho. Escrito e realizado pelo argumentista de Braveheart - O Desafio do Guerreiro, O Homem da Máscara de Ferro é um estonteante filme de intriga, perigo, acção e romance.
Um par de jardineiros paisagistas competem para projetar uma fonte em Versalhes para Louis XIV. Entretanto, algo acontece durante esta guerra, e tendo eles que se ajudarem entre si para sairem vivos.
Vatel é o cozinheiro-chefe do Palácio de Chantilly, propriedade do Príncipe de Condé. Quando o príncipe convida o rei Luís XIV para uma caçada nas suas terras, encarrega Vatel dos trabalhos para os banquetes, que precisam de ser luxuosíssimos, a fim de que o príncipe possa voltar às boas graças do rei. Mas quando Vatel se apaixona pela principal amante do rei, o amor e o dever parecem estar em conflito.
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.
Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to agree to a treaty. However, what they didn't realize was that the handsome Persian was in fact a sexual sadist. So, it is up to the King's half- brother, some Hungarian prince, to save Angélique from the evil troll's clutches.
Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.
Agosto de 1715. Ao voltar de uma caçada, Luís XIV começa a sentir uma dor na perna... Nos dias seguintes, o rei continua a cumprir os seus deveres e obrigações, mas começa a ter febres cada vez mais altas e o seu sono começa a ser cada vez mais perturbado. Ele mal come e enfraquece rapidamente. É o início da longa agonia do maior rei da França, rodeado pelos seus médicos e pela corte.
The Three Musketeers is a legendary work, whose heroes have rocked multiple generations. These fictional musketeers have eclipsed the real musketeers, those who formed the royal company that existed between 1622 and 1775. Who were these men, and how did they serve the King? Did they really take part in the affairs of the Crown? Did Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan really exist? Thanks to the best historians, discover the true story of the Musketeers.
Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum in which the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Mazarin's fiscal advisor, Colbert, warns against Fouquet, the Superintendant who has been systematically looting the treasury and wants to be prime minister. Fouquet believes Louis will soon tire of exercizing power and overplays his hand by offering a bribe to Louis' mistress to be his ally. She reports this to the king who arrests Fouquet. Louis and Colbert design a brilliant strategy to keep merchants making money, nobles in debt, the urban poor working and fed, and peasants untaxed.
Late 17th Century: Anne de Grandcamp and Lucie de Fontenelle, two little girls from Normandy, arrive at the Saint-Cyr school founded by Madame de Maintenon for educating the daughters of impoverished nobles ruined in wars and making them into free women. Madame de Maintenon is the secret wife of Louis XIV, and empowered by his support, she offers "her" two hundred fifty girls a playful and avant-garde education. Anne and Lucie, two inseparable friends, allow themselves to be carried away by the promise of a bright future. But Maintenon has arrived at the pinnacle of power through scheming and debasing herself and she now fears the fires of hell. She is counting on her model school to atone for her past sins.
January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.
The chateau of Versailles is believed to have been a dirty palace: a place where everyone tossed the contents of their chamber pots from the windows above… Yet during the chateau’s construction, Louis XIV had given thought to commodities, and several public latrines were built as well as a very modern water system. So where did this bad reputation come from?
