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