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
Director : Jean-Pierre Decourt
Writer : Jean-Pierre Decourt
Cast
Marco Perrin
Maria Wimmer
Maryvonne Schiltz
Mireille Audibert
Georges Descrières
Michel Bertay
Seasons List
Miniseries
The series follows Richelieu’s rise in a kingdom still shaken by the Wars of Religion. The nobilit...
