Danton (1983)
Actors:
Patrice Chéreau (actor),
Artus de Penguern (actor),
Gérard Depardieu (actor),
Krzysztof Globisz (actor),
Ronald Guttman (actor),
Gérard Hardy (actor),
Tadeusz Huk (actor),
Stéphane Jobert (actor),
Marian Kociniak (actor),
Marek Kondrat (actor),
Boguslaw Linda (actor),
Alain Macé (actor),
Bernard Maître (actor),
Lucien Melki (actor),
Roland Blanche (actor),
Plot: 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 peoples' 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.
Keywords: 1780s, 1790s, 18th-century, amnesty, apology, aristocrat, arrest, artist, baby, barber
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
History,
Quotes:
Danton: Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.
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.