Danton 1982
Synopsis
The year 1794, the French Revolution. Terror is raging in France. At the meeting of the Committee of Public Safety Billaud Varenne accuses Danton and his friends of counter-revolutionary activities. At the same time the Dantonists\' journal Vieux Cordelier gets confiscated. Soon Danton receives a secret warning that the government is going to arrest him. On the initiative of Robespierre the two leaders meet, but they fail to reach an agreement. In the Committee of Public Safety Robespierre makes a demand for arresting Danton...
Awards
1982 – Louis Delluc Award
1982 – Unifrance Film Award
1982 – Cesar, French Academy of Film Art Award – in the category of Best Director (Andrzej Wajda)
1983 – Montreal World Film Festival, Best Actor (Wojciech Pszoniak)
1983 – Montreal World Film Festival, Best Actor (Gerard Depardieu)
1984 – Polish Film Festival in Gdańsk (currently Gdynia Film Festival) – Critics Award
About
Year of production:
1982
Producer:
Margaret Menegoz
Genre:
historical drama
Premiere:
31-01-1983
Technical specs:
Color, 130 min.
Production:
Les Films du Losagne
Production cooperation:
X Film Production, Les Films Moliere
Associate producer:
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Andrzej Wajda
Written by:
Jean-Claude Carriere
Cinematography by:
Igor Luther
Edited by:
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Music by:
Jean Prodromides
Sound by:
Jean-Pierre Ruh, Dominique Hennequin, Piotr Zawadzki
Set Decoration by:
Allan Starski
Costume Designer:
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Production Manager:
Alain Depardieu
Cast
Gerard Depardieu (Georges Danton),
Wojciech Pszoniak (Maximilien de Robespierre),
Anne Alvaro (Eleonora),
Roland Blanche (Lacroix),
Patrice Chereau (Camille Desmoulins),
Emmanuelle Debever (Louison),
Krzysztof Globisz (Amar),
Ronald Guttman (Herman),
Gerard Hardy (Jean Lambert Tallien),
Tadeusz Huk (Couthon),
Stephane Jobert (Panis),
Marian Kociniak (Lindet),
Marek Kondrat (Barere de Vieusac),
Bogusław Linda (Louis Antoine Saint-Just),
Alain Mace (Heron), Bernard Maitre (Legendre),
Lucien Melki (Philippe Fabre D\'Eglantine),
Serge Merlin (Philippeaux),
Erwin Nowiaszek (Collot d\'Herbois),
Leonard Pietraszak (Nicolas Carnot Lazare),
Roger Planchon (Tinville Fouquier),
Angel Sedgwick (Eleonora\'s brother),
Andrzej Seweryn (Bourdon),
Franciszek Starowieyski (Jaques Louis David),
Jerzy Trela (Varenne Billaud),
Jacques Villaret (Westermann),
Angela Winkler (Lucille Desmoulins),
Jean-Loup Wolff (Herault de Seychelles),
Czesław Wołłejko (Vadier),
Władimir Yordanoff (chief of the guard),
Małgorzata Zajączkowska (servant Duplay),
Szymon Zaleski (Lebas)