Danton
Title:
Danton
ISBN:
9781604651263
Edition:
Special ed.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.)
Series:
General Note:
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1983.
Based on Stanisława Przybyszewska's play L'affaire Danton [Sprawa Dantona].
Contents:
Disc 1: Feature -- Theatrical trailer ; Disc 2: Wajda's "Danton" [featurette] (director, writer, producer, Tomasz Pobog-Malinowski ; 1983, 42 min.) -- Polish "Revolution" [featurette] (17 min.) -- Jean-Claude Carrière [featurette] (1983 ;15 min.) ; Booklet includes essay "The Worst of Times" by Leonard Quart.
Geographic Term:
Added Author:
More Information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083789
Summary:
Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution.
System Details:
DVD; REGION 1, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.66:1) ASPECT RATIO, DOLBY 1.0 MONO SOUND (ENGLISH), DUAL LAYER, NTSC.
Language Note:
IN FRENCH DIALOGUE; WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH.
