Richelieu

Episodes

The series follows Richelieu’s rise in a kingdom still shaken by the Wars of Religion. The nobility challenges royal authority, the Protestants hold their fortified strongholds, Spain maneuvers at the borders, and Louis XIII struggles to assert himself. Richelieu returns to the Council in this unstable climate. Initially reserved, he earns the king’s trust by outwitting intrigues and conspiracies, then asserts himself as crises unfold: the Protestant revolt, pressure from the queen mother, the ambitions of the great lords, and growing tensions with the Habsburgs. As obstacles multiply, he imposes a policy of centralization that gradually reshapes the kingdom. The final episode shows a France regaining its authority, carried by the vision of a man determined to rebuild the State.

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

Marie-Christine Demarest

Anne d'Autriche

Jacques Rosny

Louis XIII