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.
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)
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director, Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Bolesław Michałek
Screenplay
Jacek Gąsiorowski
Screenplay
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Krystyna Grochowicz
Assistant Director
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Producer
Emmanuel Schlumberger
Producer
Allan Starski
Production Design
Marie-Christine Lafosse
Casting
Henri Laurent
Casting
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
Wiesława Starska
Costume Assistant
Anna Adamek
Hairstylist
Iwona Kamińska
Hairstylist
Elzbieta Malka
Assistant Hairstylist
Renata Bukowska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Zygmunt Nowak
Sound Effects
Jean-Pierre Ruh
Sound
Dominique Hennequin
Sound
Piotr Zawadzki
Sound
Jean Prodromidès
Original Music Composer
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Barbara Nowak
Assistant Set Decoration
Emil Kostecki
Props
Renata Pajchel
Still Photographer
Jan Pruszak
Conductor
Stanisława Przybyszewska
Theatre Play
Gilles Vaster
Art Direction
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