Danton is a much under viewed French Language film from 1983 depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role with Anne Alvaro as Eleonore Duplay. It was directed by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and is an adapted from the Polish play The Danton Case by Stanislawa Przybyszewska.
It is slightly high brow but does a good job of showing the parallels between the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution and the situation in the then modern Poland, when the Solidarity movement was struggling for freedom against the Soviet-backed Polish government.
Well worth watching if you can speak French or can find an English Sub -titled version.
Danton – Trailer (Deutsch)
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