#464: WAJDA, Andrzej: Danton (1983)
WAJDA, Andrzej (France)
Danton [1983]
Spine #464
DVD
DVD
Gérard Depardieu and Wojciech Pszoniak star in Andrzej Wajda's powerful, intimate depiction of the ideological clash between the earthy man of the people Georges Danton and the icy Jacobin extremist Maximilien Robespierre, both key figures of the French Revolution. By drawing parallels with the Polish Solidarity movement, which was being quashed by the government as the film went into production, Wajda drags history into the present. Meticulous and fiery, Danton has been hailed as one of the greatest films ever made about the Terror.
136 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in French
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Director/Writers
Based on the play L’Affaire Danton by Stanisława Przybyszewska.
Written by Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacek Gasiorowski, Agnieszka Holland and Andrzej Wajda.
Wajda was 57 when he directed Danton.
Other Wajda films in the Collection:
#283: A Generation (1955)
#284: Kanal (1957)
#285: Ashes And Diamonds (1958)
The Film
Other Wajda films in the Collection:
#283: A Generation (1955)
#284: Kanal (1957)
#285: Ashes And Diamonds (1958)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Sixteen-page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Leonard Quart.
Commentary
None.
Video interviews
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Sixteen-page booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Leonard Quart.
Commentary
None.
Video interviews
With director Wajda, screenwriter Carrière, and Polish film critic Jerzy Plazewski.
Wajda’s “Danton”
Wajda’s “Danton”
A 42-minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film.
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
Documentary 2
Documentary 3
Controversial altered ending
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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