Danton (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.
Director:
Andrzej Wajda
Writers:
Agnieszka Holland, Jean-Claude Carrière, Andrzej Wajda, Jacek Gąsiorowski, Bolesław Michałek.
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Gérard Depardieu as Georges Danton |
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Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre |
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Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins |
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Angela Winkler as Lucile Desmoulins |
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Roland Blanche as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir |
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Alain Macé as François Héron |
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Jacques Villeret as François-Joseph Westermann |
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Anne Alvaro as Eléonore Duplay |
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Bogusław Linda as Antoine de Saint-Just |
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Emmanuelle Debever as Louison Danton |
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Krzysztof Globisz as André Amar |
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Ronald Guttman as Martial Herman |
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Marian Kociniak as Robert Lindet |
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Tadeusz Huk as Georges Couthon |
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Stéphane Jobert as Étienne-Jean Panis |
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Marek Kondrat as Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac |
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Serge Merlin as Pierre Philippeaux |
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Erwin Nowiaszak as Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois |
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Leonard Pietraszak as Lazare Carnot |
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Roger Planchon as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville |
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Andrzej Seweryn as François-Louis Bourdon |
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Jerzy Trela as Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne |
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Czesław Wołłejko as Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier |
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Wladimir Yordanoff as Chief of guards |
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Małgorzata Zajączkowska as Duplay's servant |
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Franciszek Starowieyski as Jacques-Louis David |
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Lucien Melki as Fabre d'Églantine |
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Jean-Loup Wolff as Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles |
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Gérard Hardy as Jean-Lambert Tallien |
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Bernard Maître as Louis Legendre |
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Szymon Zaleski as Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas |
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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as Danton's Supporter (uncredited) |
| Production | Henri Laurent | Casting |
| Camera | Igor Luther | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Andrzej Wajda | Director |
| Art | Allan Starski | Production Design |
| Art | Gilles Vaster | Art Direction |
| Writing | Agnieszka Holland | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jean-Claude Carrière | Screenplay |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling | Editor |
| Production | Marie-Christine Lafosse | Casting |
| Production | Margaret Ménégoz | Producer |
| Production | Barbara Pec-Ślesicka | Producer |
| Sound | Jean Prodromidès | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Barbara Nowak | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Sound | Dominique Hennequin | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Bukowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Krystyna Grochowicz | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wiesława Starska | Costume Assistant |
| Sound | Piotr Zawadzki | Sound |
| Sound | Zygmunt Nowak | Sound Effects |
| Art | Emil Kostecki | Props |
| Sound | Jan Pruszak | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Adamek | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Renata Pajchel | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Ruh | Sound |
| Art | Maria Osiecka-Kuminek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elzbieta Malka | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iwona Kamińska | Hairstylist |
| Production | Emmanuel Schlumberger | Producer |
| Writing | Stanisława Przybyszewska | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Andrzej Wajda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jacek Gąsiorowski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bolesław Michałek | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle | Costume Design |
