In 1794, Danton and Camille Desmoulins go against Robespierre. Danton claimes to be sick of the revolutionary struggle and seeks the company of women. He decides to meet Robespierre but is arrested shortly afterwards. At his trial, he rediscovers his oratorical powers, but whilst in prison, he expresses his feelings in the face of death...
Directed by Claude Barma
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Georges Wilson
Georges-Jacques Danton
Michel Le Royer
Camille Desmoulins
Alain Mottet
Maximilien Robespierre
Denis Manuel
Louis-Antoine Saint-Just
Jean-François Rémi
Hérault de Séchelles
Anne Doat
Julie
Édith Scob
Lucile Desmoulins
Jacques Dannoville
Philippeaux
Paul Le Person
Simon
Claudine Raffalli
La femme de Simon
Bernard Salvage
Fouquier-Tinville
Pierre Gallon
Le Lyonnais
Dominique Santarelli
Legendre
André Haber
Collot d'Herbois
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