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Release Date: 1983   Duration: 136 min

Cast: Anne Alvaro, Andrzej Seweryn, Ronald Guttman, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau, Emmanuelle Debever, Tadeusz Huk, Krzysztof Globisz, Roland Blanche, Gérard Depardieu

Categories: Movies, Art film, World cinema, Drama, Biographical film, Political drama, Courtroom Drama

Danton is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play "The Danton Case" by Stanislawa Przybyszewska. The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role with Anne Alvaro as Éléonore Duplay. It was directed by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and was an international co-production...  MORE

Danton is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play "The Danton Case" by Stanislawa Przybyszewska. The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role with Anne Alvaro as Éléonore Duplay. It was directed by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles. The film draws parallels between the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution and the situation in contemporary Poland, in which the Solidarity movement was struggling against the oppression of the Soviet-backed Polish government. The film had 1,392,779 admissions in France. LESS