Danton

The story

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

G Gérard DepardieuGeorges Danton W Wojciech PszoniakMaximilien Robespierre P Patrice ChéreauCamille Desmoulins A Angela WinklerLucile Desmoulins R Roland BlancheLacroix of Eure-et-Loir A Alain MacéFrançois Héron J Jacques VilleretFrançois-Joseph Westermann A Anne AlvaroEléonore Duplay B Bogusław LindaAntoine de Saint-Just E Emmanuelle DebeverLouison Danton K Krzysztof GlobiszAndré Amar R Ronald GuttmanMartial Herman

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M Marian KociniakRobert Lindet T Tadeusz HukGeorges Couthon S Stéphane JobertÉtienne-Jean Panis M Marek KondratBertrand Barère de Vieuzac S Serge MerlinPierre Philippeaux E Erwin NowiaszakJean-Marie Collot d'Herbois L Leonard PietraszakLazare Carnot R Roger PlanchonAntoine Fouquier-Tinville A Andrzej SewerynFrançois-Louis Bourdon J Jerzy TrelaJacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne C Czesław WołłejkoMarc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier W Wladimir YordanoffChief of guards M Małgorzata ZajączkowskaDuplay's servant F Franciszek StarowieyskiJacques-Louis David L Lucien MelkiFabre d'Églantine J Jean-Loup WolffMarie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles G Gérard HardyJean-Lambert Tallien B Bernard MaîtreLouis Legendre S Szymon ZaleskiPhilippe-François-Joseph Le Bas E Eugeniusz PriwieziencewDanton's Supporter (uncredited) P Pierre Deny