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

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