Danton

Danton

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-01-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Poland

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (4136 Reviews)

Director:

Andrzej Wajda

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière (scenario)

Stanislawa Przybyszewska (based on the play by: "L'Affaire Danton/Sprawa Dantona")

Andrzej Wajda (in collaboration with)

Agnieszka Holland (in collaboration with)

Boleslaw Michalek (in collaboration with)

Jacek Gasiorowski (in collaboration with)

Fullplot:

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.

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