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The French Revolution(Movie, 1989)

Original title: "La Révolution française" (French/FR)
5h 20min | Genres: Drama, War, History, Thriller
The French RevolutionRating: 3.7/5 (with 1919 votes)
La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 historical drama co-produced by France, Germany, Italy and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of the Estates-General to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre. The film had a large budget (FRF 300 million) and boasted an international cast. It was shot in French, German and English. ()
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About 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.

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Production countries: Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom (UK), Italy
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 11 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/02/1989 (World premiere: 05/10/1989)
Appearing Characters: Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, Antoinette Gabrielle Danton, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Yolande de Polastron, Jean-Paul Marat, Louis Legendre, Antoine Joseph Santerre, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Charlotte Corday, Charles-Henri Sanson, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Maurice Duplay, Lucile Duplessis, Princess Marie Louise of Savoy, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Jacques Necker, François Hanriot, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Bertrand Barère, Jacques Hébert, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Jean-Baptiste Cléry, Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Princess Élisabeth of France, Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ, Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, Louis XVII of France, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Antoine Simon, Charles X of France, Henri Evrard, marquis de Dreux-Brézé, Claude Fournier, Jean Joseph Mounier, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Simone Évrard, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Jean-Baptiste Sauce, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles François Dumouriez, Pierre Vergniaud, Éléonore Duplay, Pierre Louis Roederer, Nicolas Chambon, Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet, Henry Essex Edgeworth, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Georges Couthon, Martial Joseph Amant Herman, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Rosalie Lamorlière, Louise Sébastienne Danton, Marie Marguerite Françoise Hébert, Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier, Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville, Louis Marie Antoine de Noailles, Pierre-Augustin Hulin, Jean-Louis Romeuf, Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, Anne Louis Henri de La Fare, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Armand Marc, Count of Montmorin, François Christophe de Kellermann, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, Lazare Carnot, Jean-Baptiste Coffinhal, Stanislas-Marie Maillard, Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Andrzej Seweryn, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, André Farwagi, André Penvern, Anne Létourneau, Bruce Myers, Bruno Raffaelli, Christopher Lee, Christopher Thompson, Claude Aufaure, Claudia Cardinale, Daniel Briquet, Daniel Langlet, Dominique Pinon, Franck Capillery, François Levantal, François-Eric Gendron, Frédéric Merlo, Gabrielle Lazure, Geneviève Mnich, Geoffroy Thiebaut, Georges Corraface, Georges Trillat, Graeme Allwright, Hanns Zischler, Hans Meyer, Henri Serre, Jacques Ciron, Jacques Penot, Jacques Vincey, Jane Seymour, Jean Bouchaud, Jean Bouise, Jean-François Stévenin, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Jean-Pol Brissart, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Liliane Rovère, Louise Boisvert, Louise Latraverse, Louison Roblin, Marc de Jonge, Marianne Basler, Marie Bunel, Mario Luraschi, Massimo Girotti, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Galabru, Michel Melki, Michel Subor, Michel Winogradoff, Mike Marshall, Nicole Gueden, Peter Hudson, Peter Ustinov, Philippe Landoulsi, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Dourlens, Raphaëline Goupilleau, Raymond Gérôme, Rémy Roubakha, Renaud Marx, Ronald Guttman, Sady Rebbot, Sam Neill, Samy Naceri, Sebastian Roché, Serge Dupire, Steve Kalfa, Sylvie Flepp, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Yvan Varco, Yves Beneyton, Yves-Marie Maurin, Edgar Givry, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Jay Benedict, François Lalande, Matthew Jocelyn, François Clavier, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Jean-Pierre Stewart, Geoffrey Bateman, Katherine Flynn, Sean Michael Flynn, Benji Marcus, Alain Frérot, Patrick Bauchau, Steve Gadler, Fabienne Tricottet, Jerry Di Giacomo, Michel Voletti, Daniel Lombart, Richard De Burnchurch, Jean-Philippe Chatrier, Véronique Leblanc, Muriel Brenner, Nathalie Fillion, Jean Boissery, Steve Carretero, Georges Fricker, Bernard Lepinaux, Jacques Plée, Frédéric Rostand, Philip-James Valentini, Bernard Celeyron, David Martin, Patrick Tessari, Nicolas Sarkozy
Director of Photography: François Catonné, Bernard Zitzermann
Composer: Georges Delerue
Costume designer: Catherine Leterrier
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La revolución Francesa"
"A Revolução Francesa"
"La revolución Francesa"
"La revolución Francesa"
"Die französische Revolution"
"Historia de una Revolución"
"Ranskan Vallankumous"
"La Révolution Française - Les Années Lumières"
"La Révolution Française - Les Années Terribles"
"A francia forradalom"
"La rivoluzione francese"
"La revolución Francesa"
"Rewolucja francuska"
"Francuska revolucija"
"Французская революция"
"Fransiz Devrimi"
"La revolución Francesa"

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