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

Klaus Maria Brandauer
as
Georges-Jacques Danton

Jane Seymour
as
Marie Antoinette

François Cluzet
as
Camille Desmoulins

Jean-François Balmer
as
Louis XVI

Andrzej Seweryn
as
Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre

Marianne Basler
as
Gabrielle Danton

Peter Ustinov
as
André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Claudia Cardinale
as
Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

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 (segment "Anées Lumière, Les")

