Danton (1983)

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Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Starring (View all)

Gérard Depardieu
Danton

Wojciech Pszoniak
Robespierre

Anne Alvaro
Éléonore Duplay

Roland Blanche
Lacroix

Patrice Chéreau
Camille Desmoulins

Emmanuelle Debever
Louison Danton

Krzysztof Globisz
Amar

Ronald Guttman
Herman

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Jean-Claude Carrière
(scenario)

Andrzej Wajda

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Description: CALL NUMBER: DVD PN1995 .9 .F67 .D35 2009 Gerard Depardieu and Wojciech Pszoniak star in Andrzej Wajda's powerful, intimate deception of the ideological clash between the early man of the people Georges Danton and the icy Jacobin extremist Maximilen Robespierre, both key figures of the French Revolution. By drawing parallels with the Polish Solidarity movement, which was being quashed by the government as the film went into production, Wajda drags history into the present. Meticulous and fiery, Danton has been hailed as one of the greatest films ever made about the Terror. ... (more)

Release date: 12 January 1983

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" When I was in Poland last year, I went to the remarkable National Museum in Kraków, and there was an exhibition on the career of Andrzej Wajda. They showcased the gorgeous costumes and other artifacts from Danton, and projected the guillotine scene on a large screen. Now that I've finally see it, I can definitely say it is one of the best historical dramas out there. Gerard Depardieu gives a firebrand performance as Danton; a gregarious, confident statesman who tries to intercede to end "