Danton's Death 1978
Danton's Death
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'.
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'.
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Full Cast & Crew... Robespierre
... Danton
... Fouquier-Tinville
... Lucille
... Barère
... Julie
Directors:
Release Date:
Apr 23, 1978 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 30`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released

Cast & Crew of
Danton's Death
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Robespierre
... Danton
... Fouquier-Tinville
... Lucille
... Barère
... Julie
... Camille
... Hérault-Séchelles
... Mercier
... Saint-Just
... Lacroix
... Collot d'Herbois
... 2nd Gentleman
... 1st Gentleman
NB
Nell Brennan... Adelaide
... Billaud-Varennes
EG
Emma Garden... Marion
... Marchioness