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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Danton | |
| Wojciech Pszoniak | ... | Robespierre | |
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Anne Alvaro | ... | Éléonore Duplay |
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Roland Blanche | ... | Lacroix |
| Patrice Chéreau | ... | Camille Desmoulins (as Patrice Chereau) | |
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Emmanuelle Debever | ... | Louison Danton |
| Krzysztof Globisz | ... | Amar | |
| Ronald Guttman | ... | Herman | |
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Gérard Hardy | ... | Tallien |
| Tadeusz Huk | ... | Couthon | |
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Stéphane Jobert | ... | Panis |
| Marian Kociniak | ... | Lindet | |
| Marek Kondrat | ... | Barère de Vieuzac | |
| Boguslaw Linda | ... | Saint Just | |
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Alain Macé | ... | Héron (as Alain Mace) |
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Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a series of massive executions, The Terror. Confident in the people's support, Danton clashes with his former ally, but calculating Robespierre soon rounds up Danton and his followers, tries them before a revolutionary tribunal and dipatches them to the guillotine. Written by Polish Cinema Database <http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/>
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12 January 1983 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Back in the 30's, this was announced by WB as a vehicle for Errol Flynn and possibly Bette Davis. See more »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. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This is one of the most amazing movies... Anyone who says that Gerard Depardieu portrayed Georges Jacques Danton "wrongly", and who purports that Danton was "not" the huge, strong, charismatic, man of the people that Depardieu portrayed him as obviously has not done much research on the French Revolution. George Jacques Danton was like this exactly. The contrast between Robespierre's incessant paranoia and reservedness (conveyed perfectly by Wojciech Pszoniak...an EXCELLENT job) and Danton's relaxed approach towards the problems with which he was faced, extreme easiness and likeness among people, and the dynamic way with which he approached the mob of Paris' unemployed masses and people in general was spot on: the two men were complete opposites. This movie developed the characters of the French Revolution so well, it is unbelievable. It ENTRAPPED the personalities of all those great, complex, astounding men that gave this extraordinary period of time its distinct shape. Saint-Just, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Danton, all of them...they were painted so accurately. This movie truly brought these incredible men to life. I have to say, the score of this movie was incredible. It brought out all the proper emotions. Overall, an astonishing movie.