The French Revolution

La Revolution Francaise is not a Great Movie, but is very interesting historically speaking. It shows the spectator the most important aspects of the french revolution, without forgetting one. The actors are good, Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, Marat, all these great historical characters are good played by Brandauer, Cluzet etc... So I advice to see this movie, which is more pleasant than an history lesson in school! And the music, epic, is a good point for the movie!

This was the first movie I watched about the French Revolution. It gives you a very good introduction to the happening of events from this time. Highly Recommend giving this movie a watch. Some of the music (soundtracks) are very nice. There used to be on youtube an upload with the music, but now they're long gone.

Although I was forced to watch this one, I quite liked it; it was surprisingly good. The cast was well chosen with the likes of Sam Neill and Jane Seymour. A good movie, a bit long, but still entertaining. The best French Revolution movie to date.

Let me say first that there is no "official" version of this film with English subtitles. I got creative and indeed found the French language version with English subtitles. It was well worth the effort. This is a story of the French Revolution, and it shows how ordinary and historically well-known individuals were affected by the turn of events. The characters of those individuals are well-acted, not overly-melodramatic. I would say that the acting was toned down a bit and displayed basically how you would expect people to react under the similar situations. There was none of the "Ah, tis a far, far better thing I do, ..." histrionics or gesturing, as if the characters were speaking for history. Of all the FR pictures I have seen, the movie depicts the great chaos and energy the Revolution triggered. It is historically accurate, but it avoids the sterile type of presentation found in other docu-dramas or documentaries and has the unusual ability to grab your attention, even for its five and a half hour length.

A rich and detailed production with a myriad of actors, both French and international. Sam Neill, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Andrzej Seweryn are superb.

What an incredible set of circumstances. Having not grown up in Europe, this part of history was not taught in our schools.

The people will be heard, (eventually) if they stand up in great enough numbers.

Like all movements, (common ideologies notwithstanding), they went too far. Gives credence to the saying, 'Live by the sword, die by the sword.' What a bloodbath. Have politicians of all creeds really changed that much? They're still motivated by their mouths and egos as much as the desire for any real reform. A certain type of person.

A really excellent production. I had watched the Depardieu film Danton first, which seemed more about actor ego than history. I regret having seen that. This is much more in-depth.

Available on YouTube as of this date. Worth tracking the full 5hr+ version.