The French Revolution
tv show
2 total episodes
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1 seasons
French Revolution
First Aired October 25, 1989
Genres:
Overview
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 10, 1792 (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 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
Cast
Jean-François Balmer
as
Louis XVI
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as
Georges-Jacques Danton
François Cluzet
as
Camille Desmoulins
Jane Seymour
as
Marie Antoinette
Andrzej Seweryn
as
Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
Peter Ustinov
as
André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
Marianne Basler
as
Gabrielle Danton
Claudia Cardinale
as
Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
as
Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
Jean-François Stévenin
as
Louis Legendre
Gabrielle Lazure
as
Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe
Massimo Girotti
as
L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
