Release Date

01 Jan, 2019

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Robespierre, a child of the Enlightenment, passionate about justice and concerned with order, is thrust into the storms of the Revolution. He becomes one of its most tragic figures. The guiding thread of this dramatic development is Robespierre’s own speech. Excerpts from his major addresses are thus staged, emphasizing the contradictions of a man who advocates for the abolition of the death penalty yet justifies the Reign of Terror, who tirelessly fights for universal suffrage but helps establish an exceptional regime. His life and exercise of power are confronted, thirty years apart, with the analyses and judgments of historians and political figures from the Bicentennial and the early 21st century: Michel Vovelle, Michel Biard, Hervé Leuwers, Patrice Gueniffey, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Michel Debré, Lionel Jospin, Jean-Louis Bourlanges, and Alexis Corbière.

Original Title

Robespierre 1789-1989

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Actors

Christophe Allwright

Patrick Laplace

Martine Abela

Régis Ivanov

Alain Floret

Jean-Pierre Moreux

Marc Brunet

Guy Verame

François Lauzon

Pierre Casadei

Michel Debré

Lionel Jospin

Hervé Leuwers

Alexis Corbière

Michel Biard

Max Gallo

Jean-Louis Bourlanges

Patrice Gueniffey

Bertrand Renouvin

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