History Film / Danton

''Danton'' (French pronunciation: ​[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Jacques Danton, one of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures major figures]] of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, played by Creator/GerardDepardieu. It is an adaptation of the 1929 Polish play ''The Danton Case'' by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

The film stars Creator/GerardDepardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

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* CourtroomAntic: Danton appeals to the crowd and asks questions when he is not allowed to.

[[ArtisticLicenseHistory Not always rigidly historical]], the film was accused of drawing parallels between the ReignOfTerror during the French Revolution and the situation in then-contemporary {{comm|ieland}}unist UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}, in which the ''Solidarność'' movement was struggling against the oppression of the Soviet-backed Polish government. While such interpretation was was denied by the filmmakers, the communist government banned the film and went as far as denying it being a Polish co-production.

[[ArtisticLicenseHistory Not always rigidly historical]], the film was accused of drawing parallels between the ReignOfTerror during the French Revolution and the situation in then-contemporary communist Poland, in which the ''Solidarność'' movement was struggling against the oppression of the Soviet-backed Polish government. While such interpretation was was denied by the filmmakers, the communist government banned the film and went as far as denying it being a Polish co-production.

[[ArtisticLicenseHistory Not always rigidly historical]], the film was accused of drawing parallels between the ReignOfTerror during the French Revolution and the situation in then-contemporary communist Poland, in which the ''Solidarność'' movement was struggling against the oppression of the Soviet-backed Polish government; however, this was denied by the filmmakers.

The film stars reator/GerardDepardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

The film stars Creator/GérardDepardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

The film stars Creator/GérardDepardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

''Danton'' (French pronunciation: ​[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Jacques Danton, one of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures major figures]] of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 Polish play ''The Danton Case'' by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

* ReignOfTerror: The film according to the titles starts in Spring 1794 in Paris. But the Danton and Desmoulin’s newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier was shut down on February 3, 1794. The Terror started in September 1793, which means that that the Terror has already been going on for five months. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_French_Revolution_and_Napoleon/wJowDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lynn+Hunt+and+Jack+R.+Censer,+The+French+Revolution+and+Napoleon:+Crucible+of+the+Modern+World+(New+York:+Bloomsbury,+2017),&pg=PR4&printsec=frontcover%20.

''Danton'' (French pronunciation: ​[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Jacques Danton, one of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures major figures]] of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

''Danton'' (French pronunciation: ​[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film directed by Andrzej Wajda and depicts the last weeks of Georges Jacques Danton, one of the [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures major figures]] of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

The film stars Creator/GérardDepardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Creator/PatriceChereau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

The film stars Creator/GérardDepardieu in the title role, with Creator/WojciechPszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Creator/PatriceChéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

Danton (French pronunciation: ​[dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

Not always rigidly historical, the film was accused of drawing parallels between the Reign of Terror during 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; however, this was denied by the filmmakers. The film had 1,392,779 admissions in France.

* CorruptPolitician: How many on the Committee of Public Safety see Danton. Historian Mona Ozouf notes “As to the question of venality Danton’s contemporaries were in no doubt.” Danton’s new bourgeois lifestyle afford by his corruption made him soft and tired. Ozouf argues that Danton’s change to leniency in moderation of the Terror was “striking, since his reputation until this point was hardly one of lenience.” https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Critical_Dictionary_of_the_French_Revo/bGxiE6jvzOcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=in+A+Critical+Dictionary+of+the+French+Revolution,&printsec=frontcover%20.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Robespierre sees himself as this.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: . The Terror started in September 1793, which means that that the Terror has already been going on for five months. Historically, Danton thought that “the people should have the right to live without giving a thought to the fact that they happened to be in the midst of a revolution.”

The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. It was directed by the Polish director Creator/AndrzejWajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

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The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role, with Wojciech Pszoniak as Maximilien Robespierre, and Patrice Chéreau as Camille Desmoulins. 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 (with the exception of Bourdon, who would later betray him) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles.

* KangarooCourt: Danton and his supporters see his trial as this.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized:
* WellIntentionedExtremist:
* CorruptPolitician: How many on the Committee of Public Safety see Danton. Historian Mona Ozouf notes “As to the question of venality Danton’s contemporaries were in no doubt.” Danton’s new bourgeois lifestyle afford by his corruption made him soft and tired. Ozouf argues that Danton’s change to leniency in moderation of the Terror was “striking, since his reputation until this point was hardly one of lenience.” https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Critical_Dictionary_of_the_French_Revo/bGxiE6jvzOcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=in+A+Critical+Dictionary+of+the+French+Revolution,&printsec=frontcover%20.
* FullCircleRevolution: A striking moment in the film is when a prisoner shouts at Danton, “So there is Justice. The creator of the Tribunals is destined to die” and then spits on him.

* ReignOfTerror: The film according to the titles starts in Spring 1794 in Paris. But the Danton and Desmoulin’s newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier was shut down on February 3, 1794. The Terror started in September 1793, which means that that the Terror has already been going on for five months. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_French_Revolution_and_Napoleon/wJowDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lynn+Hunt+and+Jack+R.+Censer,+The+French+Revolution+and+Napoleon:+Crucible+of+the+Modern+World+(New+York:+Bloomsbury,+2017),&pg=PR4&printsec=frontcover%20.

* KangarooCourt: Danton and his supporters see his trial as this.

* GeniusCripple: Couthon shows mechanical genius with his moving wheelchair and determination to convict Danton without regard to his own comfort by jumping on Amar’s back to go and Legendre to sign a confession that there was a plot by Desmoulin’s wife and Danton’s non-imprisoned supporters to surround the Revolutionary Tribunal.