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La Révolution française (1989) Movie Reviews

La Révolution française (1989)

director of photography: Bernard ZitzermannFrançois Catonné
cast: Klaus Maria BrandauerFrançois CluzetMarie BunelJane SeymourJean-François BalmerAndrzej SewerynVittorio MezzogiornoPhilippine Leroy-Beaulieu
director: Robert EnricoRichard T. Heffron
running time: 360 min.
writer: Daniel BoulangerRobert EnricoDavid Ambrose
synopsis
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 101792 (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 1794including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVIMarie-AntoinetteDantonand Desmoulins.