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By Android Grove

Updated 18 March 2023

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Desc	Gérard Depardieu au festival de Cannes
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1983 film by Andrzej Wajda

Danton

Released	12 January 1983 (40 years, 5 months ago)

Director	Andrzej Wajda
Duration	136 minutes
Awards	Louis Delluc Prize, César Award for Best Director, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, London Film Critics Circle Award for Director of the Year and BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language
Genre	biographical film, historical film and drama film
Nominated for	César Award for Best Actor, César Award for Best Sound, César Award for Best Adaptation, César Award for Best Film, César Award for Best Director and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Composer	Jean Prodromidès
Production company	Les films du losange
Country of origin	Poland, France and Germany
Screenwriter	Jean-Claude Carrière, Andrzej Wajda, Agnieszka Holland, Stanisława Przybyszewska and Bolesław Michałek
Producer	Margaret Ménégoz

About Danton

Danton (French pronunciation: [dɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play "The Danton Case" by Stanisława Przybyszewska.

The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role with Anne Alvaro as Éléonore Duplay. It was directed by the Polish director Andrzej Wajda and was an international co-production between companies in France, Poland and West Germany. All supporters of Danton (with the exception of Bourdon) are played by French actors, while Robespierre's allies are played by Poles. The film draws parallels between the Reign of Terror after the French Revolution and the situation in contemporary Poland, in which the Solidarity movement was struggling against the oppression of the Soviet-backed Polish government. The film had 1,392,779 admissions in France.