La Révolution française (1989)
Directed by Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron

Drama / History / War

Film Synopsis

This comprehensive history of the French Revolution begins with the meeting of the États Généraux in June 1789 to discuss the country's debt crisis.  The storming of the Bastille on the 14th July marks the start of the revolution and the transfer of powers from the reigning monarch, Louis XVI, to a newly established republican assembly.  The imprisonment of the king in August 1792 marks the beginning of the second phase of the revolution, a reign of terror...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron
  • Script: David Ambrose, Daniel Boulanger, Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron, Fred A. Wyler
  • Cinematographer: François Catonné, Bernard Zitzermann
  • Music: Georges Delerue
  • Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer (Georges-Jacques Danton), Jane Seymour (Marie Antoinette), François Cluzet (Camille Desmoulins), Jean-François Balmer (Louis XVI), Andrzej Seweryn (Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre), Marianne Basler (Gabrielle Danton), Peter Ustinov (André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti), Claudia Cardinale (Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron), Sam Neill (Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Motier), Vittorio Mezzogiorno (Jean-Paul Mara), Jean-François Stévenin (Louis Legendre), Gabrielle Lazure (Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan), Massimo Girotti (L'envoyé du Pape - Anées Lumière), Michel Galabru (Abbé Maury - Années Lumière), Michel Duchaussoy (Jean-Sylvain Bailly - Années Lumière), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday - Années Terribles), Christopher Lee (Sanson - Années Terribles), Christopher Thompson (Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just - Années Terribles), Marc de Jonge (Antoine-Joseph Santerre), Serge Dupire (Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne)
  • Country: France / Italy / West Germany / Canada / UK
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 360 min

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