Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
Douban
director:
Carl Hindmarch
playwright:
Mark Hayhurst
actor:
Slavoj Zizek
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Simon Schama
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David Andress
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Marisa Linton
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Hilary Mantel
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genre:
Documentary
region:
英国
language:
英语
release date:
2009
IMDb: tt1468876
website:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lrcy4
overview
The watchwords of the French Revolution were liberty, equality and fraternity. Maximilien Robespierre believed in them passionately. He was an idealist and a lover of humanity. But during the 365 days that Robespierre sat on the Committee of Public Safety, the French Republic descended into a bloodbath.
'The Terror' only came to end when Robespierre was devoured by the repressive machinery he'd created. This drama-documentary tells the story of the Terror and looks at how Robespierre's revolutionary idealism so quickly became an excuse for tyranny, and why a lover of liberty was so keen to use the guillotine.
Simon Schama and Slavoj Zizek are among the contributors.