Danton's Death (1978)

04/23/1978 (GB) DramaTV Movie 1h 30m
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Overview

Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794 when the Reign of Terror, already well established, spills over into a total blood-bath. The play, adapted by director Alan Clarke and Stuart Griffiths, both highly imaginative and closely documentary, shows how the great hero of the early phase of the Revolution, Danton, sickened by the excesses of the guillotine, which he helped to create, wants to call a halt. But Robespierre and Saint-Just, leaders of the Jacobins, with a ferocious puritanical zeal, spur on 'the wild horses of the Revolution'.

  1. Alan Clarke

    Director, Writer

  2. Stuart Griffiths

    Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Ian Richardson

    Ian Richardson

    Robespierre

  2. Norman Rodway

    Norman Rodway

    Danton

  3. John Woodnutt

    John Woodnutt

    Fouquier-Tinville

  4. Zoë Wanamaker

    Zoë Wanamaker

    Lucille

  5. Roger Sloman

    Roger Sloman

    Barère

  6. Kate Fahy

    Kate Fahy

    Julie

  7. Anthony Higgins

    Anthony Higgins

    Camille

  8. Shane Briant

    Shane Briant

    Hérault-Séchelles

  9. Don Henderson

    Don Henderson

    Mercier

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Danton's Death
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Original Language English

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