The French Revolution
French Revolution
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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.
Network: France 2
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Jean-François Balmer Louis XVI -
Klaus Maria Brandauer Georges-Jacques Danton -
François Cluzet Camille Desmoulins -
Jane Seymour Marie Antoinette -
Andrzej Seweryn Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre -
Peter Ustinov André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière ») -
Marianne Basler Gabrielle Danton -
Claudia Cardinale Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière ») -
Vittorio Mezzogiorno Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat -
Jean-François Stévenin Louis Legendre -
Gabrielle Lazure Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe -
Massimo Girotti L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
