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Danton

  • 19831983
  • PGPG
  • 2h 16m
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7.4/10
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Danton (1983)
In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
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In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.In 1793, as the Terror begins in France, Georges Danton, a champion-of-the-people, returns to clash against Maximilien Robespierre and his extremist party.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
7.3K
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    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Writers
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario)
    • Stanislawa Przybyszewska(based on the play by: "L'Affaire Danton/Sprawa Dantona")
    • Andrzej Wajda(in collaboration with)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Wojciech Pszoniak
    • Anne Alvaro
    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Writers
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario)
    • Stanislawa Przybyszewska(based on the play by: "L'Affaire Danton/Sprawa Dantona")
    • Andrzej Wajda(in collaboration with)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Wojciech Pszoniak
    • Anne Alvaro
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award

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    Gérard Depardieu in Danton (1983)
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    Andrzej Wajda in Danton (1983)
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    Gérard Depardieu in Danton (1983)
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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Danton
    Wojciech Pszoniak
    Wojciech Pszoniak
    • Robespierre
    Anne Alvaro
    • Éléonore Duplay
    Roland Blanche
    • Lacroix
    Patrice Chéreau
    Patrice Chéreau
    • Camille Desmoulins
    • (as Patrice Chereau)
    Emmanuelle Debever
    • Louison Danton
    Krzysztof Globisz
    Krzysztof Globisz
    • Amar
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Herman
    Gérard Hardy
    • Tallien
    Tadeusz Huk
    Tadeusz Huk
    • Couthon
    Stéphane Jobert
    • Panis
    Marian Kociniak
    Marian Kociniak
    • Lindet
    Marek Kondrat
    Marek Kondrat
    • Barère de Vieuzac
    Boguslaw Linda
    Boguslaw Linda
    • Saint Just
    Alain Macé
    • Héron
    • (as Alain Mace)
    Bernard Maître
    • Legendre
    Lucien Melki
    • Fabre d'Eglantine
    Serge Merlin
    • Philippeaux
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • Writers
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario)
      • Stanislawa Przybyszewska(based on the play by: "L'Affaire Danton/Sprawa Dantona")
      • Andrzej Wajda(in collaboration with)
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    • Trivia
      Robespierre and all the characters in his faction are played by Polish actors speaking in Polish, dubbed into French for the French release, while Danton and all the characters in his faction are played by French actors speaking in French.
    • Goofs
      Robespierre tells Jacques Louis David to remove Fabre d'Englantine from the painting of the Tennis Court Oath. David objects, saying, "But he was there," but removes d'Englantine. In truth, d'Englantine did not take part in the Tennis Court Oath, since in 1789 he was not a deputy to the Estates General. Thus, the film falsifies history.
    • Quotes

      Robespierre: For the country's good we must be ruthless. We can't afford to be just. We'd have to rule by terror. You know what that is? Terror is nothing but despair.

    • Crazy credits
      Anne Alvaro gets an "and introducing" credit ("et pour la première fois à l'écran").
    • Alternate versions
      The dialogue in the dubbed version with American voice actors sometimes differs sharply from the original: for example, Robespierre's last words to Saint-Just are not the dismissive "Don't wake me when you leave" ("Ne me réveillez pas quand tu sortiras") but the prophetic "Whatever happens will happen soon" (so that, like Danton, he apparently realises he will shortly meet Danton's fate).
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Nate and Hayes/A Night in Heaven/The Big Score/Terms of Endearment/Danton (1983)

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    About sense in gray time
    a parable. about dictatorship and its colors. about people as crumbs of a lunch. a manifesto for freedom from a Polish director for who a play is perfect instrument to discover a regime behind its masks. Danton is a beautiful movie but in great measure it is a profound analysis. French Revolution is not an excuse for present realities from Jaruzelski regime but way to remember the root of all Communism sins. Danton may be Trotski, prey of spider web who he build it. Robespierre - just piece of a huge machine. the fake image is only protection. the lies about people needs - only form to survive. so, the film is, in great measure, collection of symbols. the revolution - picture of a demon out of any measure. and, in this case, purpose is not to create an impressive work but to give the dimension of truth. history is only vehicle for ideas. because this revolution, ambiguous, cruel, chaotic, cynical, criminal is more than chapter of Modern time. it is shadow of each regime for who people are pieces on the chessboard. and subjects for experiments.
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    • Mar 4, 2012

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    • Release date
      • January 12, 1983 (France)
      • France
      • Poland
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Jossigny, Seine-et-Marne, France
    • Production companies
      • Gaumont
      • TF1 Films Production
      • Société Française de Production Cinématographique (S.F.P.C.)
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    • 2 hours 16 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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