Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution (2009)
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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.
Cast Of - Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Crew Members
Stephen Hogan Maximillian Robespierre
Ed Stoppard Herault
Brian Pettifer Couthon
David Andress Self - Author 'The Terror'
Martin Hancock Collot
Colin Jones Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Jonny Phillips Carnot
Slavoj Žižek Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Simon Schama Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Marisa Linton Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
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