Documentary

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

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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.

Release Date : 2009-01-01

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Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

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Cast

Stephen Hogan

Character Name : Maximillian Robespierre

Original Name : Stephen Hogan

Gender : Male

Ed Stoppard

Character Name : Herault

Original Name : Ed Stoppard

Gender : Male

Brian Pettifer

Character Name : Couthon

Original Name : Brian Pettifer

Gender : Male

David Andress

Character Name : Self - Author 'The Terror'

Original Name : David Andress

Gender : Male

Martin Hancock

Character Name : Collot

Original Name : Martin Hancock

Gender : Male

Colin Jones

Character Name : Self - Author 'The Great Nation'

Original Name : Colin Jones

Gender : Male

Jonny Phillips

Character Name : Carnot

Original Name : Jonny Phillips

Gender : Male

Slavoj Žižek

Character Name : Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'

Original Name : Slavoj Žižek

Gender : Male

Simon Schama

Character Name : Self - Author - 'Citizens'

Original Name : Simon Schama

Gender : Male

Marisa Linton

Character Name : Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'

Original Name : Marisa Linton

Gender : Male

Hilary Mantel

Character Name : Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'

Original Name : Hilary Mantel

Gender : Female

Ruth Scurr

Character Name : Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'

Original Name : Ruth Scurr

Gender : Male

George Maguire

Character Name : Saint-Just

Original Name : George Maguire

Gender : Male

Jan Pearson

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Jan Pearson

Gender : Male

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