| Description |
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + accompanying booklet |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 464 |
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Criterion collection ; 464
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| Contents |
Disc 1, the film Opening credits -- Paris, spring 1794. Year two of the Republic. -- Le vieux cordelier -- "Danton is back" -- Committee of Public Safety -- Danton advises restraint -- Jubilation at the Convention -- Dinner -- After-dinner conversation -- Robespierre and Desmoulins -- Order goes out -- Arrest -- Outrage at the Convention -- "Camille is not at home" -- Tribunal -- Robespierre models for David -- Danton's monologue -- Confession to a plot -- "You feel nothing when the blade drops" -- Rights of Man -- End credits -- Color bars (1982) (136 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.) |
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Disc 2, the supplements Wajda's "Danton" / director, writer, producer, Tomasz Pobog-Malinowski ; [featurette] (1983) (42 min.) -- Polish "Revolution" [featurette] (17 min.) -- Jean-Claude Carrière [featurette] (1983) (15 min.); booklet includes essay "The Worst of Times" by Leonard Quart |
| Summary |
Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution |
| Notes |
Based on the play: L'affaire Danton / by Stanisława Przybyszewska |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983 |
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Special features: New high-definition digital transfer; interviews with director Andrzej Wajda, screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, and Polish film critic Jerzy Plazewski; Wajda's "Danton", a 42-minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtltle translation; new essay by film scholar Leonard Quart |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Igor Luther ; editor, Halina Prugar-Ketling ; music, Jean Prodromides |
| Cast |
Gerard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chereau, Roger Planchon, Jacques Villeret, Angela Winkler, Boguslaw Linda |
| Notes |
DVD. Produced for region 1 |
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No rating given |
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In French with optional English subtitles |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Danton, Georges Jacques, 1759-1794 -- Drama.
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Revolutionaries -- France -- Drama.
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France -- History -- Reign of Terror, 1793-1794 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-
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Chéreau, Patrice.
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Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-
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Linda, Bogusław.
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Planchon, Roger, 1931-2009.
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Płażewski, Jerzy.
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Prodromidès, Jean.
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Przybyszewska, Stanisława, 1901-1935.
Sprawa Dantona
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Pszoniak, Wojciech, 1942-
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Villeret, Jacques.
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Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016.
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Winkler, Angela, 1944-
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Quart, Leonard.
Worst of times
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Film Polski.
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Films du losange (Firm)
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Gaumont (Firm)
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TF1 Films Production.
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| ISBN |
1604651261 |
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9781604651263 |
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