Danton (1983 film)

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Danton
Directed by	Andrzej Wajda
Written by	Jean-Claude Carrière Jacek Gasiorowski
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Anne Alvaro
Release date(s)	12 January 1983 31 January 1983
Running time	136 min.
Country	France / Poland / West Germany
Language	French
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Danton is a 1983 French language film adaptation of the play The Danton Case by Stanislawa Przybyszewska, depicting the last months of Georges Danton. It stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role and Anne Alvaro, directed by Andrzej Wajda. The film was made 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 exception to Bourdon) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies by Polish. There are significant ideological differences between Wajda's film and Przybyszewska's play, particularly with regard to the figure of Robespierre.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Cast

• Gérard Depardieu as Danton
• Wojciech Pszoniak as Robespierre
• Anne Alvaro as Eleonore
• Roland Blanche as Lacroix
• Patrice Chéreau as Desmoulins
• Emmanuelle Debever as Louison
• Krzysztof Globisz as Amar
• Ronald Guttman as Herman
• Gérard Hardy as Tallien
• Tadeusz Huk as Couthon
• Stéphane Jobert as Panis
• Marian Kociniak as Lindet
• Marek Kondrat as Barère De Vieuzac
• Bogusław Linda as Saint Just
• Alain Macé as Héron
• Bernard Maître as Legendre
• Lucien Melki as Fabre d'Églantine
• Serge Merlin as Philippeaux
• Erwin Nowiaszek as Collot D'Herbois
• Leonard Pietraszak as Carnot
• Roger Planchon as Fouquier-Tinville
• Angel Sedgwick as Frere Eleonore
• Andrzej Seweryn as Bourdon
• Franciszek Starowieyski as David
• Jerzy Trela as Billaud-Varenne
• Jacques Villeret as Westermann
• Angela Winkler as Lucile Desmoulins
• Jean-Loup Wolff as Hérault de Séchelles
• Czeslaw Wollejko as Vadier
• Wladimir Yordanoff as Chef des gardes
• Malgorzata Zajaczkowska as Servante Duplay
• Szymon Zaleski as Lebas
• Artus de Penguern (uncredited)

[edit] External links

• Danton at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Christ Stopped at Eboli

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1983

Succeeded by Carmen