Robespierre 1789-1989
01/01/2019
Robespierre, a child of the Enlightenment, passionate about justice and concerned with order, is thrust into the storms of the Revolution. He becomes one of its most tragic figures. The guiding thread of this dramatic development is Robespierre’s own speech. Excerpts from his major addresses are thus staged, emphasizing the contradictions of a man who advocates for the abolition of the death penalty yet justifies the Reign of Terror, who tirelessly fights for universal suffrage but helps establish an exceptional regime. His life and exercise of power are confronted, thirty years apart, with the analyses and judgments of historians and political figures from the Bicentennial and the early 21st century: Michel Vovelle, Michel Biard, Hervé Leuwers, Patrice Gueniffey, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Michel Debré, Lionel Jospin, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, and Alexis Corbière.
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Christophe Allwright
as Maximilien Robespierre
Patrick Laplace
as Louis Antoine Saint-Just
Martine Abela
as Éléonore Duplay
Régis Ivanov
as Georges Danton
Alain Floret
as Jacques-René Hébert
Jean-Pierre Moreux
as Billaud-Varenne
Marc Brunet
as Collot d'Herbois
Guy Verame
as Joseph Fouché
François Lauzon
as Tallien
Pierre Casadei
as Vadier
Michel Debré
as
Lionel Jospin
as
Hervé Leuwers
as
Alexis Corbière
as
Michel Biard
as
Max Gallo
as
Jean-Louis Bourlanges
as
Patrice Gueniffey
as
Bertrand Renouvin
as
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