Versailles

Name: Versailles
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.9
Cast: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Elisa Lasowski

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Versailles (2015-2018)

Seasons: 3, episodes: 30

Episode runtime: 52 min

Average rating: 7.9/10 31 817

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Video for the series Versailles — VERSAILLES - TV Series Official Trailer (English)

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Premiere

2015-11-16

Last episode

2018-05-21

Status

Ended

Country

France, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

Network

Canal+

Production

Incendo Productions, CAPA, GéTéVé Productions, Banijay Studios France

Genre

Drama

Website

http://versailles.canalplus.fr/

Creators

David Wolstencroft, Simon Mirren

Actors

George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Elisa Lasowski, Anna Brewster, Evan Williams, Maddison Jaizani, Steve Cumyn, Joe Sheridan
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Camera operator

Composer

Michel Corriveau

Editing

Whole Team (7)

Short description

The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1 Versailles, 1667. King Louis XIV is a 28-year-old monarch on the cusp of greatness. A ruthless leader, he will stop at nothing to achieve his vision of creating the most beautiful palace in Europe and seizing absolute control of France and his enemies. In order to rule over the nobility and to pe…	10	2015-11-16	6
Season 2 Versailles, 1671. Louis has completed the first phase of his project the building far from Paris, of the most beautiful palace in Europe where he will effectively lock up the nobility to exercise absolute control over them. Unexpectedly, his project turns against him. Versailles is riddled with c…	10	2017-03-27	5.6
Season 3 Louis XIV is ascendant after winning the war with Holland and solving the Affair of the Poisons -- but his angry citizens are fomenting rebellion.	10	2018-04-23	4.3

What's left behind the scenes

According to the costume designer, nearly 100 costumes were sewn for the main characters and about 200 for the extras. Each one, whether for men or women, required about 10 meters of fabric.
The costume department consisted of about 30 people, including the costume designer, her team of fashion designers, seamstresses, and fitters.
The intricate parquet floors of the Palace of Versailles are shown in the first and second seasons of the series, which take place between 1667 and the 1670s. However, parquet did not appear at Versailles until 1684. It replaced the natural stone flooring, which sat atop a wooden base that rotted quickly because the stone floor was constantly washed.
'Versailles' is a French-Canadian historical series in which the characters speak English. This was done to increase the audience size, but it drew the ire of French film critics, who considered the use of the English language inappropriate.
King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715), his brother Philippe d'Orléans (1640–1701), and nearly all the French nobility in the series are played by English-speaking actors. The only Englishwoman at court, Princess Henrietta, was played by a French-speaking actress from Switzerland. Given that Henrietta was actually raised at the French court from the age of three, she spoke French more than English.