Danton (1970 film)
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Director John Howard Davies Genre Biographical film Air date October 21, 1970 Duration Country UK | 7/10 IMDb Initial release October 21, 1970 Production companies BBC Television Cast Anthony Hopkins Writer Arden Winch Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danton is a 1970 BBC-TV television movie starring Anthony Hopkins. The film is a dramatization of events during the French Revolution.
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Cast
Anthony Hopkins stars as the charismatic revolutionary leader Georges Danton in conflict with Maximilien Robespierre, played by Alan Dobie. Also featured are Geoffrey Bayldon as Couthon , David Andrews as Saint-Just, and Mark Jones as Desmoulins.
Reception and reviews
With Hopkins' other television work of 1970, the film officially shares credit for his nomination as Best Actor at that year's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.
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Danton (1970 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Danton (1970 film) IMDb