Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)

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.

Directing:
  • Carl Hindmarch

Stars:
Release Date: 2009-01-01
themoviedb icon 5.8/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: en
Martin Hancock
Martin Hancoc...
Collot
Stephen Hogan
Stephen Hogan
Maximillian Robespierre
Ed Stoppard
Ed Stoppard
Herault
Brian Pettifer
Brian Pettife...
Couthon
Jonny Phillips
Jonny Phillip...
Carnot
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek
Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Simon Schama
Simon Schama
Self - Author - 'Citizens'
George Maguire
George Maguir...
Saint-Just
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