TV series · 1989
The French Revolution
“French Revolution”
First aired 25 October 1989 Drama / War & Politics TMDB ↗
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
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Claudia Cardinale
as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Georges-Jacques Danton
Jean-François Stévenin
as Louis Legendre
Jean-François Balmer
as Louis XVI
Andrzej Seweryn
as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
François Cluzet
as Camille Desmoulins
Marianne Basler
as Gabrielle Danton
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
as Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday (« Les Années terribles »)
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Massimo Girotti
as L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
Peter Ustinov
as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
Christopher Lee
as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
Michel Galabru
as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)
Michel Duchaussoy
as Jean-Sylvain Bailly (« Les Années Lumière »)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
Jane Seymour
as Marie Antoinette
Gabrielle Lazure
as Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe