Danton
Danton
A Drama and History film released in 1983, Danton runs 2h 16m and comes from France. Soap2Day lists it with Andrzej Wajda directing and Gérard Depardieu and Wojciech Pszoniak in the cast. It holds 6.9/10 from 182 votes. 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.
- Genre: Drama, History
- Country: France, Poland
- Director: Andrzej Wajda
- Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau, Angela Winkler, Roland Blanche, Alain Macé, Jacques Villeret, Anne Alvaro, Bogusław Linda, Emmanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Ronald Guttman
