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Features: DVD, French, English, Subtitled
Editor's Note
A dramatic metaphor for the revolutionary events unfolding in his native Poland, Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Stanislawa Przybyszewska's play is a brilliant account of the struggle of the two leaders of the French Revolution to control the country's future. Gérard Depardieu stars as Danton, who has retired to his country estate after having been supplanted as head of the Committee for Public Safety by Robespierre (Wojciech Psoniak). But with the commencement of the Reign of Terror, Danton returns to Paris in November 1793 in the hope that he can stem the tide of bloodshed unleashed by his former ally. Confident that his rhetorical skills and the high esteem in which he is held by the French people will cause them to rise up against the brutal ruling regime, Danton is stunned to find them pauperized by the recent war with Austria and cowed by the ubiquity of Robespierre's minions. Behind closed doors, Danton's attempts to act as a mediator between warring factions are met with cold indifference by the rigidly obsessive Robespierre. Anchored by exceptional performances by Depardieu and Psoniak and featuring exceptional photography and art direction, Wajda's coruscating epic is a masterpiece of reimagined history.
Plot Summary
An epic slice of French revolutionary history, DANTON depicts the struggle between the two leaders of the French Republic, Danton and Robespierre.
| Features | 2-Disc Set | | Region [unknown] | | Keep Case | | Special Edition | | Widescreen - 1.66 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono - French | | Subtitles - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Interviews:
| 1. Andrzej Wajda, Director | | 2. Jean Claude Carriere, Screenwriter | | 3. Jerzy Plazewski, Film Critic | | Trailers:
| 1. Original Theatrical Trailer | | Documentary:
| 1. Wajda's DANTON | | Text/Photo Galleries:
| Essay:
| 1. Leonard Quart, Film Historian |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Image |
| Release Date: 3/31/2009 |
| Running Time: 136 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1983 | | Catalog ID: 1799 | | UPC: 00715515042819 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...DANTON brilliantly illuminates one of the most fascinating periods of the French Revolution....A major work from this major film maker." 09/28/1983 p.C19Sight and Sound
"[I]t's hard not to warm to Depardieu's performance. He is all warmth and instinct..." 04/01/2006 p.88 |
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