Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Documentary
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Stephen Hogan
Played Maximillian Robespierre
Ed Stoppard
Played Herault
Brian Pettifer
Played Couthon
David Andress
Played Self - Author 'The Terror'
Martin Hancock
Played Collot
Colin Jones
Played Self - Author 'The Great Nation'
Jonny Phillips
Played Carnot
Slavoj Žižek
Played Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'
Simon Schama
Played Self - Author - 'Citizens'
Marisa Linton
Played Self - Author - 'The Politics of Virtue'
Hilary Mantel
Played Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'
Ruth Scurr
Played Self - Author 'Fatal Purity'
George Maguire
Played Saint-Just
Jan Pearson
Played Narrator (voice)
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