Danton

DANTON is a powerful drama of revolution, set in 1794 France, during the second year of the Republic, that centers on the rivalry between the humanist Georges Danton (the typically memorable Gerard Depardieu) and the ideologue Maximilien de Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak), "The Incorruptible." Danton, the most popular of the French revolutionaries, temporarily retired from politics and retreated to the countryside. He returns to Paris now, however, to stop the Reign of Terror led by Robespierre, his former compatriot in the Revolution whose efforts to keep the "pure patriots" in power have turned tyrannical. Although a great freedom fighter and proponent of politic...