Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaCinematography:
Igor LutherComposer:
Jean ProdromidèsCast:
Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche, Patrice Chéreau, Emmanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Ronald Guttman, Tadeusz Huk (more)VOD (1)
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Gérard Depardieu stars as Danton, who has retired to his country estate after having been supplanted as head of the Committee for Public Safety by Robespierre (Wojciech Psoniak). But with the commencement of the Reign of Terror, Danton returns to Paris in November 1793 in the hope that he can stem the tide of bloodshed unleashed by his former ally. Confident that his rhetorical skills and the high esteem in which he is held by the French people will cause them to rise up against the brutal ruling regime, Danton is stunned to find them pauperized by the recent war with Austria and cowed by the ubiquity of Robespierre's minions. Behind closed doors, Danton's attempts to act as a mediator between warring factions are met with cold indifference by the rigidly obsessive Robespierre. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gérard Depardieu
France
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Wojciech Pszoniak
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Emmanuelle Debever
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Ronald Guttman
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Angela Winkler
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Marian Kociniak
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Leonard Pietraszak
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