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.
- Bleak ending
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Not read yet. Character is read in the background after the first visit.
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Reviews on TMDB
Written by TMDB members; each links to the original. Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20257/10
Georges Danton (Gérard Depardieu) returns from his post French revolutionary rural existence to a Paris where the excesses and indifferences of the monarchy have now been replaced by those of the committees responsible for governing the country. He is determined to galvanise the population to rise against this new form of tyranny, but that means confronting his ailing friend Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) who is trying to keep the revolution from imploding and, initially at any rate, to keep Danton alive. With the cauldron in danger of boiling over though, and with conspirators whispering in just about every ear, it soon becomes clear to Robespierre that the only way he can be sure of Danton is to relieve him of his head. This won’t be easy, though. He has friends but he also has the ear of the increasingly disgruntled masses, so it’s going to take some clever legerdemain if he is to pull it off without bringing everything down on top of his own head instead, or maybe even as well. It’s a good looking film, this, with plenty of attention to the detail. It’s also quite an effective evaluation of the pointlessness of oratory when you are either speaking into the wind, or when you ar
Read the whole review on TMDB
Cast
- Gérard DepardieuGeorges Danton
- Wojciech PszoniakMaximilien Robespierre
- Patrice ChéreauCamille Desmoulins
- Angela WinklerLucile Desmoulins
- Roland BlancheLacroix of Eure-et-Loir
- Alain MacéFrançois Héron
- Jacques VilleretFrançois-Joseph Westermann
- Anne AlvaroEléonore Duplay
- Bogusław LindaAntoine de Saint-Just
- Emmanuelle DebeverLouison Danton
Crew
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Agnieszka HollandScreenplay
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
- Andrzej WajdaScreenplay
- Igor LutherDirector of Photography
- Jean ProdromidèsOriginal Music Composer
- Halina Prugar-KetlingEditor
- Margaret MénégozProducer
- Barbara Pec-ŚlesickaProducer
- Emmanuel SchlumbergerProducer
Where to watch
Checking availability…
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Tastebuds
