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Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac (French pronunciation: [ʁiʃəljø]; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble and statesman.
Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered.
The Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the King's "Chief Minister" or "First Minister". As a result, he is considered to be the world's first Prime Minister, in the modern sense of the term.[who?] He sought to consolidate royal power and crush domestic factions. By restraining the power of the nobility, he transformed France into a strong, centralized state. His chief foreign policy objective was to check the power of the Austro-Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and to ensure French dominance in the Thirty Years' War that engulfed Europe. Although he was a cardinal, he did not hesitate to make alliances with Protestant rulers in attempting to achieve his goals.
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Actors: Andra Hayes (miscellaneous crew), Wayne Pére (producer), Eddie Jemison (actor), Joe Basile (actor), Jim Latham (composer), Sebastian Sadowski-Rogers (actor), Sebastian Sadowski-Rogers (actor), Sebastian Sadowski-Rogers (miscellaneous crew), Joe di Gennaro (actor), Luke LaFontaine (actor), Yule Caise (actor), Yule Caise (writer), Yule Caise (director), Roxanne Arvizu (producer), Roxanne Arvizu (actress),
Plot: SWISHBUCKLERS is an offbeat comedy about three macho martial artists who join an all-gay production of The Three Musketeers in order to save their dojo. The trials and tribulations of our heroes give new meaning to the phrase, "All for one, and one for all!" Swordplay and jokes ensue amidst a touching story of friendship and tolerance.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Gérard Lartigau (actor), Alexandre Dumas père (writer), Ben Cross (actor), Mario Luraschi (miscellaneous crew), Michael Feast (actor), Richard Coyle (actor), Albert Goldberg (actor), Travis Stevens (miscellaneous crew), Robert Réa (producer), Hugh Dancy (actor), Anne Kreis (actress), Georges Campana (producer), Edward McQueen-Mason (editor), Frank Strangio (composer), John Goldsmith (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Lincoln Holmes (actor), Tobias Anderson (actor), Padraic Culham (actor), Lacy Altwine (actress), Geoffrey Alm (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Alm (actor), Mike Mahaffey (actor), Sigfried Seeliger (actor), Gordon Carpenter (actor), Dana Young (actor), Gordon Carpenter (actor), David Richmond (writer), Emily Carlsen (actress), Kate Donovan (actress), Thomas Beckett (actor),
Plot: Young D'Artagnan joins the Three Musketeers and fights for the King's life and the Queen's honor against the treacherous Cardinal Richelieu and his agents: the lethally beautiful Milady Sabine de Winter and the ex-Musketeer Captain Rochefort.
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Julie Delpy (actress), Michael Wincott (actor), Rebecca De Mornay (actress), Erwin Leder (actor), Kiefer Sutherland (actor), Oliver Platt (actor), Gabrielle Anwar (actress), Tim Curry (actor), Charlie Sheen (actor), Paul McGann (actor), Paul McGann (actor), Herbert Fux (actor), Hugh O'Conor (actor), Chris O'Donnell (actor), Maria Ford (actress),
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Keywords: 17th-century, action-hero, adventure-hero, anti-hero, assassin, assassination-attempt, assassination-plot, attempted-seduction, axe, barActors: Christopher Walken (actor), Kenneth Welsh (actor), Colin Fox (actor), Martha Henry (actress), James Blendick (actor), Powys Thomas (actor), Eric Donkin (actor), Leo Ciceri (actor),
Genres: Adventure,Actors: Giuseppe Addobbati (actor), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (actor), Luciano Bonanni (actor), Ignazio Balsamo (actor), Roberto Risso (actor), Gianni Rizzo (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), Charles Fawcett (actor), Ignazio Leone (actor), Livio Lorenzon (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Enzo Maggio (actor), Renato Malavasi (actor), Mario Pisu (actor), Ugo Sasso (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Martine Carol (actress), Gianna Maria Canale (actress), Martine Carol (actress), Jean Parédès (actor), Georgette Anys (actress), Massimo Serato (actor), Nadine Alari (actress), Daniel Ivernel (actor), André Luguet (actor), Noël Roquevert (actor), Olivier Mathot (actor), Paul Demange (actor), Michel Etcheverry (actor), Gabrielle Dorziat (actress), André Numès Fils (actor),
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Keywords: character-name-in-title, versaillesActors: Halliwell Hobbes (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), Keith Hitchcock (actor), Lionel Belmore (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Jack Harvey (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), John Carradine (actor), David Clyde (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), Gilbert Emery (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Lumsden Hare (actor), Boyd Irwin (actor),
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Genres: Drama,