π Overview:
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.
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π Date Released:
2009-01-01
β Running Time:
0 mins
β Vote Average:
5.8
Beloved Cast
Maximillian Robespierre
Stephen Hogan
Herault
Ed Stoppard
Couthon
Brian Pettifer
Self - Author 'The Terror'
David Andress
Collot
Martin Hancock
Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Colin Jones
Carnot
Jonny Phillips
Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek
Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Simon Schama
Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
Marisa Linton
Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Hilary Mantel
Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'
Ruth Scurr
Saint-Just
George Maguire
Narrator (voice)
Jan Pearson
