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Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
Sidonie, who serves as reader to Marie Antoinette and displays a singular devotion to the queen, witnesses the final days of the French Revolution from inside the walls of the Palace of Versailles. The film is seen from Sidonie's point of view, and the story takes place over the course of four days.
Pub. Date
[1998 ]
Language
English
Description
"France, 1792. It is the height of the French Revolution. The country is gripped by revolutionary fever and the evil Head of Secret Police, Chauvelin, keeps the guillotines busy executing innocent peasants, aristocrats and priests. Only the mysterious stranger known as the Scarlet Pimpernel constantly foils Chauvelin's plans with his heroic missions to save innocent lives" -- Box.
5) Scaramouche
Pub. Date
1991, c1952
Language
English
Description
A young man disguises himself as an actor to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a wicked marquis.
Pub. Date
1970, 2011
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the 18th century two sets of twins are mis-matched at birth only to be reunited on the eve of the French Revolution. The problem is that the twins are members of both the peasant and aristocratic classes. Their meeting, their mixup and the mistaken identities would ultimately constitute one of the most tumultuous events in modern history.
7) Danton
Series
Criterion collection volume 464
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Français
Description
Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution.
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