Danton (1983)
Movie Info
Cast
as Danton
as Robespierre
as Camille Desmoulins
as Lucile Desmoulins
as Saint-Just
as Lacroix
as Eleonore Duplay
as Fouquier Tinville
as Philippeaux
as Fabre d'Eglantine
as Bourdon
as David
as Louison Danton
as Billaud-Varenne
as Couthon
as Westermann
as Heron
as Amar
as Herman
as Panis
as Lindet
as Barere De Vieuzad
as Carnot
as Frere d'Eleonore
as Herault de Seychelles
as Chef des gardes
as Servante des Duplay
as Tallien
as Vadier
Critic Reviews for Danton
All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)
[Wajda] has made a great historical picture, and one with sweat and grime all over it.
...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.
It adds up to an overwhelming indictment of government oppression.
A long-winded and overlong period costume drama.
Wajda's intelligent and complex drama could be appreciated as a period piece about the french Revolution as well as a parable of modern politics in Poland and elsewhere.
The film lacks the vitality and excitement of Wajdas earlier work.
Audience Reviews for Danton
This interesting historical drama looks absolutely stunning (almost like a Delacroix painting) but is also overlong and feels too didactic (almost like a filmed History book, to be honest) despite two very intense performances by Gérard Depardieu and Wojciech Pszoniak.
Super Reviewer
An enlightening, unflattering exercise in French history highlighted by betrayal, corruption and Depardieu.
Super Reviewer
Gérard Depardieu's finest performance, Igor Luther's cinematography giving the settings an authentic feel, as do Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle's costume designs.
Super Reviewer
Danton Quotes
| Danton: | "You are not the people, you are the government". |
| Danton: | You are not the people, you are the government. |