A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
as Louis XVI
as Georges-Jacques Danton
as Camille Desmoulins
as Marie Antoinette
as Maximilien-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre
as André-Boniface-Louis Riquetti, vicomte de Mirabeau (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Gabrielle Danton
as Yolande-Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Jean-Paul Mara, dit Marat
as Louis Legendre
as Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de Lamballe
as L'envoyé du Pape (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Jean-Sylvain Bailly (« Les Années Lumière »)
as Marie-Anne-Charlotte De Corday (« Les Années terribles »)
as Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
as Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (« Les Années terribles »)
