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The King is Dancing

    All titles (3)
    Feature Film | 2000 | Drama, Period, Portrait | Belgium, France, Germany

    Shooting data

    LocationsParis et sa région, Cologne (Allemagne)

    Project data

    Length of movie1 h 48 min

    Brief synopsis

    At the age of 14, Louis XIV knows that he’ll rule France one day, but he also knows that everything will be done to prevent this from happening. It gives him a complex.
    Through dance, at which the young king excels, and through the music he creates for him, Lully, the royal composer, reveals the boy’s true nature to himself and to society at large.
    Thanks to these compositions and choreographies conceived to highlight his splendor, Louis bursts from his cocoon, the fully-fledged Sun King. Dancing, the royal being transcends its humanity; he becomes the Ideal Being, God on Earth… In him and through him, the State acquires a timeless, sacred, absolute rightness…
    Lully and his companion, Molière, are the two great orchestrators of this ballet performed on a royal scale. They’re the king’s magicians; Lully is his voice and, to a great extent, his soul.
    He adores the king with an intense, platonic infatuation that guides and governs him to his death. Lully believes the King cannot do without him. This delusion is his downfall, and Lully, after Molière, sinks into oblivion…

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    Benoît MagimelLouis XIV [L]
    Boris TerralJean-Baptiste Lully [L]
    Colette EmmanuelleAnne d'Autriche [L]
    Tchéky KaryoMoličre [L]
    Cécile BoisMadeleine [SR]
    Jacques FrançoisCambefort [SR]
    Claire KeimJulie [SR]
    Johan LeysenCambert [SR]
    Idwig StéphanePrince de Conti [SR]
    Emil TardingLouis XIV (14 Years Old) [SR]
    Nikita WokurkaLully's child [SR]

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Production controllerKlaus Flesch
    Assistant production accountantFabian Flesch
    Assistant production accountantClemens Ehses
    3rd ADNicole Häussermann
    Colour timerUwe Mimoun
    Director of photographyGérard Simon
    Steadicam operatorEckhard Jansen
    1st assistant cameraJörg Güntner
    Focus 2. Kamera
    Focus 2. Kamera
    1st assistant cameraCatherine Le Mignant Labye
    Casting directorGérard Moulévrier
    Extras/bit player castingSarah Altmann
    Assistenz
    Assistenz
    Costume designer (creator)Olivier Bériot
    Costumer / wardrobeJosephine Gracia
    Costume design traineeCordula Boy
    DirectorGérard Corbiau
    Script continuityPatrick Aubrée
    EditorPhilippe Ravoet
    EditorLudo Troch
    Key gripRossi Handsley
    GripPatrick Zimmermann
    Crane operatorMarkus Nuss
    GafferStephan Rother
    Rigging gafferJoachim Grundmann
    Dimmer board operatorEmil Jevtic
    Lighting technician / electricianEmil Jevtic
    Lighting technician / electricianYener Arikan
    Zusatz
    Zusatz
    Lighting technician / electricianRoger Altmann
    Lighting technician / electricianAlexander Damaschke
    Zusatzbeleuchter
    Zusatzbeleuchter
    Lighting technician / electricianJanosch Voss
    /Gaffer: Stephan Rother
    /Gaffer: Stephan Rother
    Lighting technician / electricianMartin Neuse
    Zusatz
    Zusatz
    Additional electricianDirk Hilbert
    Makeup artist / hair stylistChristina Paul
    10 Drehtage
    10 Drehtage
    Makeup artist / hair stylistSilvia Barthelmeß
    17 Drehtage
    17 Drehtage
    Makeup artist / hair stylistHeike Ersfeld
    Zusatz 6 Drehtage, historisch
    Zusatz 6 Drehtage, historisch
    Makeup artist / hair stylistBettina Heyl
    Additional make up artistRené Jordan
    additional
    additional
    Additional make up artistMarion Giggenbacher
    Body makeup artistBritta Weilbacher
    ProducerDominique Janne
    Production designerHubert Pouille
    Assistant production designerBirgit Kniep-Gentis
    Assistant art directorHeike Steen
    Construction managerBoris Bartholomäus
    Location scoutMaik Fickelscheer
    (über Frank Meter / FRAME)
    (über Frank Meter / FRAME)
    Location scoutFrank Meter
    NRW
    NRW
    Location scoutWalter Ludwig
    Set builderBoris Jorczyk
    Set builderAndré Jakobs
    Set builderSamuel Jaeger
    Set builderKlaus Bienen
    Set builderMarc Bremerstein
    Draughtsman/set designerUtta Hagen
    Draughtsman/set designerIrene Piel
    Scenic painterPit Schnell
    Scenic painterAndreas Auffenberg
    Scenic painterAnn-Kathrin Otto
    Zeichnerin, Setdesignerin
    Zeichnerin, Setdesignerin
    Scenic painterSven Winter
    painted floor studio cologne
    painted floor studio cologne
    SculptorSabine Avenhaus
    Art department traineeClaudia Fard-Yazdani
    Production managerMarc Grewe
    Produktionsleiter / UPM
    Produktionsleiter / UPM
    Unit manager (local system)Nadine Borreman
    Location manager (local system)Laura Einmahl
    - deutscher Teil
    - deutscher Teil
    Production assistantLars Bieroth
    Deutschland
    Deutschland
    ScreenwriterDidier Decoin
    ScreenwriterAndrée Corbiau
    ScreenwriterÈve de Castro
    ScreenwriterPhilippe Beaussant
    ScreenwriterGérard Corbiau
    Script translatorRudolf Nadler
    Production sound mixerHenri Morelle
    Sound re-recording mixerDominique Dalmasso
    Sound editorMa Raab
    PyrotechnistDennis Kron
    Horse masterSandor Czirjak
    Horse Master
    Horse Master

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    Fox France [fr]
    France (Theatrical)
    France (Theatrical)
    TF1 Studio [fr]
    International Sales
    International Sales

    Facilities

    DepartmentCompanyComment
    Production ServicesFilmProductionService
    Location recces Austria
    Location recces Austria
    Production ServicesWeber Exclusiv - Zelteverleih
    Zeltvermietung
    Zeltvermietung
    DecorationAvenhaus Filmdekor Skulpturen Modelle Imitationen
    Special EffectsAFS Feuerwehrdienste
    Brandschutz,Wet-Down
    Brandschutz,Wet-Down

    Cinema releases and premieres

    TypeCountryDateComment
    Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 06/12/2000