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Terror, from French terreur, from Latin terror meaning "great fear", a noun derived from the Latin verb terrere meaning "to frighten", is a policy of political repression and violence intended to subdue political opposition. The term was first used for the Reign of Terror imposed by the Jacobins during the French Revolution. Modern instances of terror include red terror or white terror.
Before the advent of modern terrorism, the term "terrorism" in the English language was sometimes used interchangeable with terror. The modern definition of terrorism refers to criminal or illegal acts of violence at randomly chosen targets, in an effort to raise fear. It is practiced by extremist groups with a limited political base or parties on the weaker side in asymmetric warfare. Terror on the other hand is practiced by governments and law enforcement officials, usually within the legal framework of the state.
Revolutionary terror, also known as "red terror", was often used by revolutionary governments to suppress counterrevolutionaries. The first example was the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution in 1794. Other notable examples include the Red Terror in Soviet Russia in 1918–1922, as well as simultaneous campaigns in the Hungarian Soviet Republic and in Finland. In China Red Terror in 1966 and 1967 started the Cultural revolution.
The Reign of Terror (5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794) (the latter is date 10 Thermidor, year II of the French Revolutionary Calendar), also known simply as The Terror (French: la Terreur), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution." The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, with 16,594 executed by guillotine (2,639 in Paris), and another 25,000 in summary executions across France.
The guillotine (called the "National Razor") became the symbol of the revolutionary cause, strengthened by a string of executions: Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI, the Girondins, Philippe Égalité (Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans) and Madame Roland, as well as many others, such as pioneering chemist Antoine Lavoisier, lost their lives under its blade. During 1794, revolutionary France was beset with conspiracies by internal and foreign enemies. Within France, the revolution was opposed by the French nobility, which had lost its inherited privileges. The Roman Catholic Church was generally against the Revolution, which had turned the clergy into employees of the state and required they take an oath of loyalty to the nation (through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy). In addition, the First French Republic was engaged in a series of wars with neighboring powers intent on crushing the revolution to prevent its spread.
Actors: Joel Silver (producer), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), David E. Van Houten (miscellaneous crew), Steve Richards (producer), Andrew Rona (producer), Bella Thorne (actress), Sean Carter (director), Kalyn Karnan (miscellaneous crew), Michael Fiore (producer), Nicolas Chartier (producer), Matthew Willig (actor), Craig J. Flores (producer), Jared Abrahamson (actor), Alex Heineman (producer), Loren Brock (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Eddy Kara (writer), Eddy Kara (actor), Eddy Kara (producer), Eddy Kara (editor), Eddy Kara (director), Myra Segal (actress), Diana Skaya (actress), Myra Segal (actress), David Batani (actor), Johanne Demers (actress), Fernando A. Barbosa (actor), Spyro Arvanitis (actor), Natasha Aylward (actress), Alexandre Kounde (actor), Sam Jamous (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Dani Thompson (actress), Ty Bankinson (actor), Jordan Pitt (actor), Peter Lowe (writer), Peter Lowe (producer), Christopher Tajah (actor), Denise Orita (actress), Videlle Shah Thomas (actress), Devron Callender (director), Devron Callender (actor), Devron Callender (editor), Cleveland d Herbert (actor), Anikka Forbes (actor), Ligaya Buena (actress), Darren Clarke (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Atkins (miscellaneous crew), David Ajala (actor), Katie Hodgkin (producer), Shivani Ghai (actress), Parv Bancil (director), James Floyd (actor), Parv Bancil (writer), Oliver Stark (actor), Roberto de Spirito (composer), Louise Lingwood (actress), Alessandra Araujo (miscellaneous crew), Renu Hossain (composer), Julian Rezai (editor),
Genres: Short, Thriller,Actors: Hubert Mulzer (actor), Martin Feifel (actor), Klaus Löwitsch (actor), Norbert Klingner (miscellaneous crew), Aykut Kayacik (actor), Devid Striesow (actor), Til Schweiger (actor), Hansjörg Weißbrich (editor), Nadja Uhl (actress), Oliver Mommsen (actor), Dieter Dost (actor), Jakob Claussen (producer), Ralph Misske (actor), Barbara Philipp (actress), Thomas Wöbke (producer),
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Keywords: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, abandoned-mansion, activist, advertising, advertising-agency, ammonium-nitrate, anarchism, anarchistActors: Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor), Avril Beukes (editor), Trevor Jones (composer), Anant Singh (producer), Wilson Dunster (actor), Helena Spring (producer), Paterson Joseph (actor), Darion Hing (costume designer), Sudhir Pragjee (producer), Sanjeev Singh (producer), Terry Fletcher (miscellaneous crew), Carol Kruger (miscellaneous crew), Rika Sennett (actress), Elize Cawood (actress), Sello Motloung (actor),
Plot: The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race?
Keywords: coach, ethnic-conflict, father-daughter-relationship, female-athlete, fired-from-the-job, illegal-immigrant, independent-film, marathon, obsession, race-relationsActors: Heiko Bender (actor), Heiko Bender (producer), Heiko Bender (writer), Heiko Bender (director), Simone Schneider (producer), Simone Schneider (actress), Oliver Kueppers (producer), Rüdiger Schuster (actor), Oliver Kueppers (writer), Oliver Kueppers (actor), Ramin Shafiai (actor), Andreas Washer (actor), Markus Laibacher (actor),
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Keywords: 1960s, african-american, asian-gang, baldness, bare-butt, based-on-novel, blacks-versus-italians, bob-dylan, bronx-new-york-city, cheerleader