Film

Danton's Death

1978 · 1h 30m · Drama · History · TV Movie

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'.

Ian Richardson

Robespierre

Norman Rodway

Danton

John Woodnutt

Fouquier-Tinville

Zoë Wanamaker

Lucille

Roger Sloman

Barère

Kate Fahy

Julie

Anthony Higgins

Camille

Shane Briant

Hérault-Séchelles

Don Henderson

Mercier

Michael Pennington

Saint-Just

James Aubrey

Lacroix

Jonathan Adams

Collot d'Herbois

Christopher Banks

2nd Gentleman

Michael Bilton

1st Gentleman

Nell Brennan

Adelaide

Michael Cronin

Billaud-Varennes

• Alan ClarkeDirector · Writer
• Stuart GriffithsWriter

Release date

April 23, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, History, TV Movie