Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009, English. Directed by Carl Hindmarch.
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.
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Cast & crew
- Carl HindmarchDirector
- Jan PearsonNarrator (voice)
- Stephen HoganMaximillian Robespierre
- Ed StoppardHerault
- Brian PettiferCouthon
- David AndressSelf - Author 'The Terror'
- Martin HancockCollot
- Colin JonesSelf - Author 'The Great Nation'
- Jonny PhillipsCarnot
- Slavoj ŽižekSelf - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
- Simon SchamaSelf - Author - 'Citizens'
- Marisa LintonSelf - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
- Hilary MantelSelf - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Details
- Released
- 11 July 2009
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Mark Hayhurst
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Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009) was directed by Carl Hindmarch and stars Jan Pearson, Stephen Hogan, Ed Stoppard.