The French Revolution (1989)
La Révolution Française
Overview
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.
What is The French Revolution about?
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 is a Drama, War & Politics series, first aired on 1989-10-25, 1 season and 2 episodes.
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Cast
- Jean-François Balmer as Louis XVI
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Georges-Jacques Danton
- François Cluzet as Camille Desmoulins
- Jane Seymour as Marie Antoinette
- Andrzej Seweryn as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
- Peter Ustinov as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
- Marianne Basler as Gabrielle Danton
- Claudia Cardinale as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
- Jean-François Stévenin as Louis Legendre
- Gabrielle Lazure as Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe
- Massimo Girotti as L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
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