Danton
1983 · 136 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 7,995 VOTES · DIR. Andrzej Wajda
Overview
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
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00:00:26 A French-Polish Coproduction
00:10:16 Hairpins...
00:18:41 lt was he who got the ball rolling...
00:22:26 So afraid of terror that to avoid it...
00:26:41 l'm also thinking it over
00:30:14 ...is headed by an ex-criminal named Hiron...
00:37:06 - A quail, perhaps? - No, thank you
00:41:32 And so you isolate the Revolution, you freeze it
00:46:09 I've got him!
00:51:55 He's only interested in personal ambition
00:56:19 We must strike swiftly
00:59:30 ''We, of the Public Safety Committee...
01:04:47 No, Vinot's out, is that all?
01:13:33 l demand that they be heard in this house
01:18:12 Who is opposed?
01:24:38 We still have our heads, fists, teeth and claws to fight with
01:29:45 lf you hope to address the people...
01:33:39 You think it's easy, so easy
01:39:16 We can't wait
01:43:17 ...the bitter, who skulk in offices
01:50:04 - But it wasn't a plot - Then what was it?
01:53:41 Perhaps the air in this room will carry the echo of my voice, which you muffle
01:58:06 Three months, no more
02:07:33 ''Only the law can set such limits''