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The King is Dancing (Le Roi danse) is a 2000 costume drama by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil (1992). The film, presenting libertine and pagan Lully as a natural ally of the early Enlightenment figure Louis XIV of France in his conflicts with the Catholic establishment, focuses on Lully's personal relationship with the King, as well as his camaraderie with Molière and rivalry with Robert Cambert.
Original Release
12/06/2000
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Benoit Magimel | Louis XIV |
| Boris Terral | Jean-Baptiste Lully |
| Tcheky Karyo | Molière |
| Colette Emmanuelle | Anne d'Autriche |
| Cécile Bois | Madeleine |
| Claire Keim | Julie |
| Johan Leysen | Cambert |
| Idwig Stephane | Prince de Conti |
| Emil Tarding | Louis XIV (14 Years Old) |
| Jacques François | Cambefort |
Directors
Writers
Gérard Corbiau, Ève de Castro, Andrée Corbiau, Didier Decoin, Philippe Beaussant
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Benoit Magimel | Louis XIV |
| Boris Terral | Jean-Baptiste Lully |
| Tcheky Karyo | Molière |
| Colette Emmanuelle | Anne d'Autriche |
| Cécile Bois | Madeleine |
| Claire Keim | Julie |
| Johan Leysen | Cambert |
| Idwig Stephane | Prince de Conti |
| Emil Tarding | Louis XIV (14 Years Old) |
| Jacques François | Cambefort |
| Caroline Veyt | Armande Béjart |
| Ingrid Rouif | Mme de Montespan |
| Philippe Quercy | Mazuel |
| Pierre Gérald | Boesset |
| Claude Koener | Narrator of Ballet de la Nuit |
| Serge Feuillard | Mazarin |
| Michel Alexandre | Le Vau |
| Alain Eloy | Le Notre |
| Thomas Leruth | Conti's secretary |
| Véronique Maille | Marie-Thérèse |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Helmut Breuer | Producer |
| Bastian Griese | Producer |
| Dominique Janne | Producer |
| Stéphane Lhoest | Producer |
| Stéphane Moatti | Producer |
