Danton (1983 - Andrzej Wajda)

Title: Danton Year: 1983 Director: Andrzej Wajda Writer: Jean-Claude Carrière (scenario), Stanislawa Przybyszewska (based on the play by: "L'Affaire Danton/Sprawa Dantona"), Andrzej Wajda (in collaboration with), Agnieszka Holland (in collaboration with), Boleslaw Michalek (in collaboration with), Jacek Gasiorowski (in collaboration with) Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche Language: French Runtime: 136 min Released: 12 Jan 1983 Plot: Danton takes place in the spring of 1794, almost five years after the fall of the Bastille and immediately following a period when the revolutionary government, facing internal enemies, conspirators, and the advance of foreign armies on French territory, created the Committee of Public Safety and the Revolutionary Tribunal to repress its enemies and raise additional military forces. Robespierre and Danton became the Revolution’s leading figures, and huge numbers of suspects were arrested and executed, including