

25/10/1989
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.

Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Georges-Jacques Danton

Jane Seymour
as Marie Antoinette

François Cluzet
as Camille Desmoulins

Jean-François Balmer
as Louis XVI

Andrzej Seweryn
as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre

Marianne Basler
as Gabrielle Danton

Peter Ustinov
as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Claudia Cardinale
as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat

Jean-François Stévenin
as Louis Legendre

Gabrielle Lazure
as Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe

Massimo Girotti
as L'envoyé du Pape (segment "Anées Lumière, Les")

Michel Galabru
as Abbé Maury (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Michel Duchaussoy
as Jean-Sylvain Bailly (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
as Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

Christopher Lee
as Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

Christopher Thompson
as Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (segment "Années Terribles, Les")
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