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Danton's Death
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Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg Büchner concentrates on that moment in 1794 when the Reign of Terror, already well established, spills over into a total blood-bath. The play, adapted by director Alan Clarke and Stuart Griffiths, both highly imaginative and closely documentary, shows how the great hero of the early phase of the Revolution, Danton, sickened by the excesses of the guillotine, which he helped to create, wants to call a halt. But Robespierre and Saint-Just, leaders of the Jacobins, with a ferocious puritanical zeal, spur on 'the wild horses of the Revolution'.
Cast
![Ian Richardson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e90jCJwnzjnxXstcdPrVZOtLUpp.jpg)
Ian Richardson
Robespierre
![Norman Rodway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//91ICCwFg4Q8kF4ALdWkUz3FY8AV.jpg)
Norman Rodway
Danton
![John Woodnutt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9mLvGoNLFNGeCdlyT5AeRPISoXM.jpg)
John Woodnutt
Fouquier-Tinville
![Zoë Wanamaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//keFC6KG1ewLW0ZaP7YkmLVECRrQ.jpg)
Zoë Wanamaker
Lucille
![Roger Sloman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//n0fUcYjJNiGT1r8hB6nbUTP7TWx.jpg)
Roger Sloman
Barère
![Kate Fahy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//66yNJtngMwfhXFY8R0q9cMGFWg2.jpg)
Kate Fahy
Julie
![Anthony Higgins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uHQ4SZoa16g7BYeICqll6uFZXeL.jpg)
Anthony Higgins
Camille
![Shane Briant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xxoDeYlrYkmhWjVUPyM8NTzOiSg.jpg)
Shane Briant
Hérault-Séchelles
![Don Henderson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//93Zcpxng8e4aACOgsjU5i727oQc.jpg)
Don Henderson
Mercier
![Michael Pennington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vNhw2KX9qaNJCYMNEwkSeo3EWMY.jpg)
Michael Pennington
Saint-Just
![James Aubrey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8crT53mkZGOoxm6SuhJNrbVOvPC.jpg)
James Aubrey
Lacroix
![Jonathan Adams](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jhgW3ChKg0IiqlBsFVeewGZPp3c.jpg)
Jonathan Adams
Collot d'Herbois
![Christopher Banks](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Christopher Banks
2nd Gentleman
![Michael Bilton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//z9o2nzcwdKpnq9FSTXBDpEROKLi.jpg)
Michael Bilton
1st Gentleman
![Nell Brennan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Nell Brennan
Adelaide
![Michael Cronin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fPO44QWPHKyOYh0ni6JWehOCD8g.jpg)
Michael Cronin
Billaud-Varennes
![Emma Garden](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Emma Garden
Marion
![Felicity Gibson](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)