Danton
Danton
Release: 1983-01-12
·Runtime: 136m
·★ 6.8
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Poland
Production Companies
Gaumont
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Cast
Jerzy Trela
as Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Emmanuelle Debever
as Louison Danton
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Maximilien Robespierre
Patrice Chéreau
as Camille Desmoulins
Anne Alvaro
as Eléonore Duplay
Roger Planchon
as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
as Duplay's servant
Gérard Depardieu
as Georges Danton
Angela Winkler
as Lucile Desmoulins
Jacques Villeret
as François-Joseph Westermann
Ronald Guttman
as Martial Herman
Leonard Pietraszak
as Lazare Carnot
Marek Kondrat
as Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac
Andrzej Seweryn
as François-Louis Bourdon
Czesław Wołłejko
as Marc-Guillaume-Alexis Vadier
Wladimir Yordanoff
as Chief of guards
Stéphane Jobert
as Étienne-Jean Panis
Serge Merlin
as Pierre Philippeaux
Marian Kociniak
as Robert Lindet
Tadeusz Huk
as Georges Couthon
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
as Danton's Supporter (uncredited)
Roland Blanche
as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir
Bogusław Linda
as Antoine de Saint-Just
Krzysztof Globisz
as André Amar
Crew
Wiesława Starska
Costume Assistant
Bolesław Michałek
Screenplay
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Allan Starski
Production Design
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Producer
Jean Prodromidès
Original Music Composer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay