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
Language :
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : BBC
Production Country : United Kingdom
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Cast
Character Name : Maximillian Robespierre
Original Name : Stephen Hogan
Gender : Male
Character Name : Herault
Original Name : Ed Stoppard
Gender : Male
Character Name : Couthon
Original Name : Brian Pettifer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author 'The Terror'
Original Name : David Andress
Gender : Male
Character Name : Collot
Original Name : Martin Hancock
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Original Name : Colin Jones
Gender : Male
Character Name : Carnot
Original Name : Jonny Phillips
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Original Name : Slavoj Žižek
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Original Name : Simon Schama
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
Original Name : Marisa Linton
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Original Name : Hilary Mantel
Gender : Female
Character Name : Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'
Original Name : Ruth Scurr
Gender : Male
Character Name : Saint-Just
Original Name : George Maguire
Gender : Male
Character Name : Narrator (voice)
Original Name : Jan Pearson
Gender : Male
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