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Danton (1983)

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Average Rating:7.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Patrice Chereau

Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Patrice Chereau

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Director: Andrzej Wajda

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Mar 31, 2009

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DVD 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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Disc 2:

 
 
 
 

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The film lacks the vitality and excitement of Wajda´s earlier work.

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07/29/09
Christopher Long
Christopher Long
DVDTown.com

...uncompromising and impassioned. [Depardieu's] throat-scraping, rage-against-the-machine speech in court -- "the Revolution is devouring its children!" -- makes Jimmy Stewart's in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington look like a monk's benediction.

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05/20/09
Mark Bourne
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Film.com
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In its own way, Danton makes a hell of an argument for dictatorships and fascism. At least they're up front about it.

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04/17/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

does not give us easy grounding, but instead constantly challenges us to see each character within the context of both his convictions and the necessities of his political position

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04/14/09
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
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Emanuel Levy
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A richly suggestive French film about power, liberty, and bureacracy

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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