Danton
12/01/1983
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.
Movie Information
Gérard Depardieu
as Georges Danton
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Maximilien Robespierre
Patrice Chéreau
as Camille Desmoulins
Angela Winkler
as Lucile Desmoulins
Roland Blanche
as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir
Alain Macé
as François Héron
Jacques Villeret
as François-Joseph Westermann
Anne Alvaro
as Eléonore Duplay
Bogusław Linda
as Antoine de Saint-Just
Emmanuelle Debever
as Louison Danton
Krzysztof Globisz
as André Amar
Ronald Guttman
as Martial Herman
Marian Kociniak
as Robert Lindet
Tadeusz Huk
as Georges Couthon
Stéphane Jobert
as Étienne-Jean Panis
Marek Kondrat
as Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac
Serge Merlin
as Pierre Philippeaux
Erwin Nowiaszak
as Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
Leonard Pietraszak
as Lazare Carnot
Roger Planchon
as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville
Andrzej Seweryn
as François-Louis Bourdon
Jerzy Trela
as Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Czesław Wołłejko
as Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier
Wladimir Yordanoff
as Chief of guards
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
as Duplay's servant
Franciszek Starowieyski
as Jacques-Louis David
Lucien Melki
as Fabre d'Églantine
Jean-Loup Wolff
as Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Gérard Hardy
as Jean-Lambert Tallien
Bernard Maître
as Louis Legendre
Szymon Zaleski
as Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
as Danton's Supporter (uncredited)
