Details
- Release: May 10 1989
- Runtime: 335 min
- Language: German
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Revenue: $4,800,000
Overview
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
Credits
Sam Neill
Marquis de Lafayette
Claudia Cardinale
Duchesse de Polignac
Christopher Lee
Sanson
Jane Seymour
Marie Antoinette
Peter Ustinov
Vicomte de Mirabeau
Dominique Pinon
Drouet
François Cluzet
Camille Desmoulins
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Charlotte Corday
Hanns Zischler
Goethe
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Danton
Andrzej Seweryn
Robespierre
Ronald Guttman
Herman
Georges Corraface
Hébert
Yves Beneyton
Fouquier-Tinville
Jean-François Stévenin
Legendre
Raymond Gérôme
Jacques Necker
Marie Bunel
Lucile Desmoulins
Jean Bouise
Maurice Duplay
Michel Galabru
Abbé Maury
François-Eric Gendron
Barere