Series

The French Revolution

1989 · 1 season · 2 episodes · Ended · France 2

Drama, War & Politics

TMDB 8.7 · 3 votes

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.

Episodes

0/2 watched · 1989

S01E01The Years of Light1989-10-25166m
S01E02The Years of Terror1989-11-01154m

Cast

Jean-François Balmer
Louis XVI
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Georges-Jacques Danton
François Cluzet
Camille Desmoulins
Jane Seymour
Marie Antoinette
Andrzej Seweryn
Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
Peter Ustinov
André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
Marianne Basler
Gabrielle Danton