The year is 1794, the late stages of the French Revolution. Georges Danton (Gérard Depardieu), one of the former leaders of the upheaval, returns to Paris to oppose the growing wave of Jacobin terror and the policies of Maximilien Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak). The political duel between these two charismatic leaders ultimately unfolds as a universal tale of a revolution devouring its own children, the mechanisms of power, and the price of ideological compromises. The film was made shortly after the introduction of martial law, which forced Andrzej Wajda to move production to France. Interpreted, amongst other things, as a commentary on the situation in Poland in the early 1980s, Danton caused controversy in France, where some critical and political circles regarded it as anti-revolutionary. Projection from a 35mm print from the FINA collection.
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