Danton

1983·136'

Andrzej Wajda

DramaHistory

French

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Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

Cast

Gérard Depardieu Georges Danton Wojciech Pszoniak Maximilien Robespierre Patrice Chéreau Camille Desmoulins Angela Winkler Lucile Desmoulins Roland Blanche Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir

Alain Macé François Héron Jacques Villeret François-Joseph Westermann Anne Alvaro Eléonore Duplay Bogusław Linda Antoine de Saint-Just Emmanuelle Debever Louison Danton Krzysztof Globisz André Amar Ronald Guttman Martial Herman

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