Danton

Format:: Video/DVD
Language:: French
Imprint:: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009 and ©2009
Subject:: Danton, Georges Jacques, - 1759-1794 - Drama
Robespierre, Maximilien, - 1758-1794 - Drama
Revolutionaries - France - Drama
France - History - Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 - Drama
Przybyszewska, Stanisława, - 1901-1935 - Film adaptations
Contributor:: Wajda, Andrzej, film director
Carrière, Jean-Claude, screenwriter
Holland, Agnieszka, screenwriter
Michałek, Bolesław, screenwriter
Gasiorowski, Jacek, screenwriter
Menegoz, Margaret, film producer
Pec-S̀lesicka, Barbara, film producer
Depardieu, Gérard, actor
Pszoniak, Wojciech, actor
Alvaro, Anne, actor
Chéreau, Patrice, actor
Globisz, Krzysztof, actor
Kondrat, Marek, actor
Linda, Bogusław, actor
Merlin, Serge, actor
Planchon, Roger, actor
Seweryn, Andrzej, actor
Winkler, Angela, actor
Przybyszewska, Stanisława, author
Pobog-Malinowski, Tomasz
Prodromidès, Jean, composer (expression)
Janus Films, production company
Gaumont (Firm), production company
TF1 Films Production, production company
Société française de production cinématographique
France. Ministère de la culture, sponsoring body
Film Polski
Films du losange (Firm)
Zespół Filmowy X
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN:: 9781604651263 and 1604651261
Series:: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)
Description:: 2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm)
Notes:: D'après l'ouvrage de [After the work of] Stanisława Przybyszewska "L'affaire Danton" and Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1983
Contents:: Disc 1: Feature -- Theatrical trailer ; Disc 2: Wajda's "Danton" [featurette] (director, writer, producer, Tomasz Pobog-Malinowski ; 1983, 42 min.) -- Polish "Revolution" [featurette] (17 min.) -- Jean-Claude Carrière [featurette] (1983 ;15 min.) ; Booklet includes essay "The Worst of Times" by Leonard Quart
Summary:: Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution
Collection:: BGC Video Collection
Call Number:: PN1997 .D36 2009
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