The French Revolution (1989)
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
Drama, War & Politics
Cast
- Jean-François Balmer — Louis XVI
- Klaus Maria Brandauer — Georges-Jacques Danton
- François Cluzet — Camille Desmoulins
- Jane Seymour — Marie Antoinette
- Andrzej Seweryn — Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
- Peter Ustinov — André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
- Marianne Basler — Gabrielle Danton
- Claudia Cardinale — Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno — Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
- Jean-François Stévenin — Louis Legendre
- Gabrielle Lazure — Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe
- Massimo Girotti — L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
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