The French Revolution

Original title: La révolution française

1989
5h 35m

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A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Klaus Maria Brandauer

Georges-Jacques Danton

Jane Seymour

Marie Antoinette

François Cluzet

Camille Desmoulins

Jean-François Balmer

Louis XVI

Andrzej Seweryn

Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre

Marianne Basler

Gabrielle Danton

Peter Ustinov

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

Claudia Cardinale

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

Sam Neill

Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Motier, marquis De La Fayette

Vittorio Mezzogiorno

Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat

Jean-François Stévenin

Louis Legendre

Gabrielle Lazure

Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe

Massimo Girotti

L'envoyé du Pape (segment "Anées Lumière, Les")

Michel Galabru

Abbé Maury (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Michel Duchaussoy

Jean-Sylvain Bailly (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

Christopher Lee

Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

Christopher Thompson

Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

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Trivia
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared a few seconds as a "Tiers Etat" member in "Les années Lumière".

Goofs
Necker is depicted as being a Swiss by Louis XVI. In fact, Necker was from Geneva and this city was still independent until 1815, when it became a part of the Swiss Confederation.

Quotes
Camille Desmoulins: [Danton has just called Robespierre a eunuch] Well, how did it go?
Georges-Jacques Danton: I could have been more diplomatic.

Connections
Featured in The Secret Masonic Victory of World War Two (2022)

Soundtracks
Hymne à la Liberté
Music and Lyrics by Georges Delerue
Performed by Jessye Norman, soprano

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8/10

Excellent movie, excellent introduction to the French Revolution

This was the first movie I watched about the French Revolution. It gives you a very good introduction to the happening of events from this time. Highly Recommend giving this movie a watch. Some of the music (soundtracks) are very nice. There used to be on youtube an upload with the music, but now they're long gone.