“Danton” (1983), starring Gerard Depardieu. In French with English subtitles.
This movie was directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, who also directed the 2007 movie “Katyn,” about the infamous forest massacre of 1940. Wajda’s father was murdered in the Katyn massacre.
“Danton” is about one of the most horrible events in human history: the French Revolution (people like Fidel Castro are fans of it). More specifically, it’s about a clash of wills between two major Revolution figures: Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre. Danton feels that the Revolution is over and that it’s time to return to normalcy. Robespierre seems to want to continue the Revolution forever (like Castro). The two men are on a collision course, so to speak, and one of them will lose his head on the guillotine.
Warning: there is a brief scene with two Black guys in it who are wearing fancy, European clothes. Not a pleasant sight.
I give “Danton” a rating of 8 1/2 points out of 10. I liked it for the most part.