
The French Revolution
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.
The French Revolution
October 25, 1989
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Cast (19)

Marianne Basler
Gabrielle Danton

Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat

François Cluzet
Camille Desmoulins

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

Robert Enrico
Director (Part 1)

Jane Seymour
Marie Antoinette

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

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

Christopher Lee
Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

Gabrielle Lazure
Gabrielle Lazure: Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe

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

Richard T. Heffron
Director (Part 2)

Jean-François Stévenin
Louis Legendre

Andrzej Seweryn
Maximilien-Marie-Isidore De Robespierre

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Georges-Jacques Danton

Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru: Abbé Maury (segment "Années Lumière, Les")

Jean-François Balmer
Louis XVI

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

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