Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King's Vanished Palace (2019)

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Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King's Vanished Palace
StarringJean-Noël MartinDelphine BechetoilleBertrand Chamerois
DirectorMarc Jampolsky
WritersMarc Jampolsky
NR 1 hr 31 minMar 7th, 2019History, Documentary
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Based on the latest technological and scientific advances, this documentary explores the palace's architectural past to resurrect Louis XIV's vanished Versailles. Versailles was an ongoing building site at the time of Louis XIV and continued to be transformed by its successive occupants later on. The Versailles we know today only vaguely resembles the Versailles of the Sun King. Most of its original features and apartments no longer exist. Thanks to the digitisation of thousands of plans, a team of scientists takes us back in time to explore this forgotten past in a new way, through a large-scale reconstruction project to bring back the Versailles of Louis XIV as he designed it, according to his requirements and dreams.

Movie Details

On Digital & Streaming:March 7th, 2019
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Gedeon Programmes, CNRS Images, ARTE, NHK, TV5MONDE, Planète+, LRT, Česká televize
Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King's Vanished Palace on the Web:Official Website
interviewhistorical documentarycastleart historyexpert opinionarchitecture historyfrench historyversaillesancient castlecontemporary historical setting