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DANTON

by Andrzej Wajda

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

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