Danton (1983)
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88% of critics liked it
(8 reviews) -
78% of users liked it
(1,669 ratings)
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a series of massive executions, The Terror. Confident in the peoples' support, Danton clashes with his… More Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a series of massive executions, The Terror. Confident in the peoples' support, Danton clashes with his former ally, but calculating Robespierre soon rounds up Danton and his followers, tries them before a revolutionary tribunal and dipatches them to the guillotine.
- Directed By
- Andrzej Wajda
- Written By
- Jean-Claude Carriere, Jacek Gasiorowski
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
Critic Reviews
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Mark Bourne, Film.com
...uncompromising and impassioned. [Depardieu's] throat-scraping, rage-against-the-machine speech in court -- "the Revolution is devouring its children!" -- makes Jimmy Stewart's in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington look like a monk's benediction.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Wajda's intelligent and complex drama could be appreciated as a period piece about the french Revolution as well as a parable of modern politics in Poland and elsewhere.
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Christopher Long, Movie Metropolis
The film lacks the vitality and excitement of Wajdas earlier work.
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Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
In its own way, Danton makes a hell of an argument for dictatorships and fascism. At least they're up front about it.
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James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
does not give us easy grounding, but instead constantly challenges us to see each character within the context of both his convictions and the necessities of his political position
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Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
as Danton
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Wojciech Pszoniak
as Robespierre
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Patrice Chéreau
as Camille Desmoulins
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Angela Winkler
as Lucile Desmoulins
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Boguslaw Linda
as Saint-Just
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Roland Blanche (II)
as Lacroix
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Anne Alvaro
as Eleonore Duplay
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Roger Planchon
as Fouquier Tinville
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Serge Merlin
as Philippeaux
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Lucien Melki
as Fabre d'Eglantine
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Andrzej Seweryn
as Bourdon
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Franciszek Starowieyski
as David
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Emmanuelle Debever
as Louison Danton
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Jerzy Trela
as Billaud-Varenne
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Tadeusz Huk
as Couthon
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Jacques Villeret
as Westermann
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Ronald Guttman
as Herman
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Marian Kociniak
as Lindet
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Marek Kondrat
as Barere De Vieuzad
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Alain Macé
as Heron
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Jean-Loup Wolff
as Herault de Seychelles
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Vladimir Yordanoff
as Chef des gardes
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Krzysztof Globisz
as Amar
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Stéphane Jobert
as Panis
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Leonard Pietraszak
as Carnot
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Angel Sedgwick
as Frere d'Eleonore
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Malgorzata Zajaczkowska
as Servante des Duplay
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Czeslaw Wollejko
as Vadier
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Gerard Hardy
as Tallien
