“Danton” quotes
(1983)
Title Danton
Year 1983
Director Andrzej Wajda
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Year 1983
Director Andrzej Wajda
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Plot – The French Republic is living the 'terror period' and the Royalist forces threaten the capital, while the population is suffering famine and inflation. In november Danton comes back to Paris, where once he was among the carnage's leaders. Now he's claiming peace, so some struggles against Robespierre are inevitable. In the end Danton is arrested and sentenced to death, but two months later Robespierre faces the same fate.
All actors – Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Roland Blanche, Patrice Chéreau, Emmanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Ronald Guttman, Gérard Hardy, Tadeusz Huk, Stéphane Jobert, Marian Kociniak
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“Only the guilty tremble.”
“- Danton: If we're not to blame, then it's fate.
- Robespierre: I've never believed in fate.
- Danton: Nor have I.”“The people have only one dangerous enemy: the government!”
“A free press is the greatest terror to ambitious despots.”
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