Movie · 1983
Danton
Released 12 January 1983 136 min Drama / History More from 1983 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Roger Planchon
as Antoine Fouquier-Tinville
Marian Kociniak
as Robert Lindet
Wojciech Pszoniak
as Maximilien Robespierre
Roland Blanche
as Lacroix of Eure-et-Loir
Patrice Chéreau
as Camille Desmoulins
Angela Winkler
as Lucile Desmoulins
Alain Macé
as François Héron
Gérard Depardieu
as Georges Danton
Tadeusz Huk
as Georges Couthon
Jacques Villeret
as François-Joseph Westermann
Anne Alvaro
as Eléonore Duplay
Bogusław Linda
as Antoine de Saint-Just
Ronald Guttman
as Martial Herman
Krzysztof Globisz
as André Amar
Emmanuelle Debever
as Louison Danton
Stéphane Jobert
as Étienne-Jean Panis
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The numbers
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Roger Planchon — oldest on the call sheet
19Emmanuelle Debever — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast