Danton (1983)
Synopsis
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
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Gérard Depardieu
as Georges Danton
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Wojciech Pszoniak
as Maximilien Robespierre
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Patrice Chéreau
as Camille Desmoulins
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Angela Winkler
as Lucile Desmoulins
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Roland Blanche
as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir
- Alain Macé as François Héron
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Jacques Villeret
as François-Joseph Westermann
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Anne Alvaro
as Eléonore Duplay
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Bogusław Linda
as Antoine de Saint-Just
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Emmanuelle Debever
as Louison Danton
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Krzysztof Globisz
as André Amar
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Ronald Guttman
as Martial Herman
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Marian Kociniak
as Robert Lindet
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Tadeusz Huk
as Georges Couthon
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Stéphane Jobert
as Étienne-Jean Panis
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Marek Kondrat
as Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac
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Serge Merlin
as Pierre Philippeaux
- Erwin Nowiaszak as Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Crew
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Andrzej Wajda
Director
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Igor Luther
Director of Photography
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Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
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Jean Prodromidès
Original Music Composer
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Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
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Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Producer
- Emmanuel Schlumberger Producer
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Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
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Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
- Jacek Gąsiorowski Screenplay
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Bolesław Michałek
Screenplay
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Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
