DANTON
synopsis
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 people's 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.
international title: | Danton |
original title: | Danton |
country: | France, Poland |
year: | 1983 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Andrzej Wajda |
film run: | 136' |
release date: | FR 12/01/1983, PL 31/01/1983, BE 07/04/1983, DE 29/04/1983, PT 17/05/1983, DK 10/11/1983, IT 11/1983, FI 02/03/1984, SE 27/04/1984, HU 06/02/1986, GR 23/12/2012 |
screenplay: | Jean-Claude Carrière, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, Boleslaw Michalek, Jacek Gasiorowski |
cast: | Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro |
cinematography by: | Igor Luther |
film editing: | Halina Prugar-Ketling |
art director: | Allan Starski |
costumes designer: | Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle |
producer: | Margaret Ménégoz, Barbara Pec-Slesicka |