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La Révolution française is a two-part film, co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada. The first part, titled La Révolution française: les Années lumière (The French Revolution: Years of Hope) was directed by Robert Enrico. The second part, La Révolution française: les Années terribles (The French Revolution: Years of Rage), was directed by Richard T. Heffron. The full movie runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer.
The film was produced in 1989 for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of the Estates-General to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre. The film had a large budget (300 million francs) and boasted an international cast. It was shot in French, German and English.
Original Release
05/10/1989
US Release
10/02/1989
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Klaus Maria Brandauer | Georges-Jacques Danton / Danton |
Jane Seymour | Marie Antoinette |
Francois Cluzet | Camille Desmoulins |
Jean-Francois Balmer | Louis XVI |
Andrzej Seweryn | Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre / Robespierre |
Marianne Basler | Gabrielle Danton |
Peter Ustinov | André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Vicomte de Mirabeau |
Claudia Cardinale | Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Duchesse de Polignac |
Sam Neill | Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Motier, marquis De La Fayette / Marquis de Lafayette |
Vittorio Mezzogiorno | Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat / Marat |
Directors
Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron
Writers
Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron, Daniel Boulanger
Cast
Name | Character |
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Klaus Maria Brandauer | Georges-Jacques Danton / Danton |
Jane Seymour | Marie Antoinette |
Francois Cluzet | Camille Desmoulins |
Jean-Francois Balmer | Louis XVI |
Andrzej Seweryn | Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre / Robespierre |
Marianne Basler | Gabrielle Danton |
Peter Ustinov | André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Vicomte de Mirabeau |
Claudia Cardinale | Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Duchesse de Polignac |
Sam Neill | Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Motier, marquis De La Fayette / Marquis de Lafayette |
Vittorio Mezzogiorno | Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat / Marat |
Jean-Francois Stevenin | Louis Legendre / Legendre |
Gabrielle Lazure | Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe / Princesse de Lamballe |
Massimo Girotti | L'envoyé du Pape (segment "Anées Lumière, Les") / Envoyé du Pape |
Michel Galabru | Abbé Maury (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Abbé Maury |
Michel Duchaussoy | Jean-Sylvain Bailly (segment "Années Lumière, Les") / Bailly |
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu | Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday (segment "Années Terribles, Les") / Charlotte Corday |
Christopher Lee | Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les") / Sanson |
Christopher Thompson | Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (segment "Années Terribles, Les") / Saint-Just |
Marc de Jonge | Antoine-Joseph Santerre |
Serge Dupire | Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne / Billaut-Varenne |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Monique Guerrier | Executive Producer |
Jean-Claude Bourlat | Producer |
Alexandre Mnouchkine | Producer |
Thomas Schühly | Producer |
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | Producer |
Denis Héroux | Producer |
Bodo Scriba | Producer |