Louis XIV—The Sun King. A biography and documentary about the ruler who ruled France for seventy-two years and built Versailles. How was it possible that the most powerful monarch in Europe died hated by his own people?

Louis XIV is one of the most famous rulers in history and a symbol of absolute power. This documentary tells the full biography of the man who became King of France as a four-year-old, survived a revolt by the nobility, and transformed the monarchy into the most powerful power in Europe at the time. He ordered the construction of Versailles, made French the language of diplomacy across the continent, and for over seven decades dictated the style of government to half of Europe's courts.

Behind the glitter of gold and marble, however, lurked a completely different man. Louis XIV remembered the night when, as a child, he had to feign sleep before a mob that invaded his bedroom, and he never forgot that humiliation. His entire policy was a response to an ancient fear—the desire to ensure that no one and nothing in the state could oppose him. Others paid the price, and at the end of his life, he paid the price himself.

In the film, you'll discover the story of his reign step by step: his childhood in the shadow of the Fronde, his assumption of full power after Mazarini's death, the fall of the all-powerful Fouquet, the construction of Versailles and the mechanics of court ceremonial, Colbert's reforms, Vauban's constant wars and fortresses, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the fate of the Huguenots, the women of Versailles and the poisoning scandal, the era of Molière and the theater, and finally, the tragic finale—a series of deaths in the family, famine, and the dying king's last words to his five-year-old heir.

This is the story of a man who made himself the sun of Europe and, on his deathbed, admitted that he loved war too much. See what the Sun King's true end looked like—and why the country bid him farewell without tears.

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