Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)

2009-01-01 United Kingdom 0 Min. PG-13
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Overview

In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines drama, archive and documentary interviews to examine Robespierre's year in charge of the Committee Of Public Safety - the powerful state machine at the heart of Revolutionary France. Contesting Robespierre's legacy is Slavoj Zizek, who argues that terror in the cause of virtue is justifiable, and Simon Schama, who believes the road from Robespierre ran straight to the gulag and the 20th-century concentration camp. The drama, based on original sources, follows the life-and-death politics of the Committee during "Year Two" of the new Republic.

Cast

Stephen Hogan is Maximillian Robespierre
Maximillian Robespierre
Ed Stoppard is Herault
Herault
Brian Pettifer is Couthon
Couthon
David Andress is Self - Author 'The Terror'
Self - Author 'The Terror'
Martin Hancock is Collot
Collot
Colin Jones is Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Jonny Phillips is Carnot
Carnot
Slavoj Žižek is Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Simon Schama is Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Marisa Linton is Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
Hilary Mantel is Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Ruth Scurr is Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'
Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'

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