Bloqués dans les couloirs du temps, Godefroy de Montmirail et son fidèle serviteur Jacquouille sont projetés dans une époque de profonds bouleversements politiques et sociaux : la Révolution Française... Plus précisément, La Terreur, période de grands dangers pendant laquelle les descendants de Jacquouille La Fripouille, révolutionnaires convaincus, confisquent le château et tous les biens des descendants de Godefroy de Montmirail, aristocrates arrogants en fuite dont la vie ne tient qu'à un fil.

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.

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who, after gaining supreme power and establishing a reign of terror ruled by death, now intends to become the dictator of France.

A still drawing film on the personality of Robespierre and the French Revolution.