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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.

Top Cast

  • Jan Pearson

    Jan Pearson

    Narrator (voice)

  • Stephen Hogan

    Stephen Hogan

    Maximillian Robespierre

  • Ed Stoppard

    Ed Stoppard

    Herault

  • Brian Pettifer

    Brian Pettifer

    Couthon

  • David Andress

    David Andress

    Self - Author 'The Terror'

  • Martin Hancock

    Martin Hancock

    Collot

  • Colin Jones

    Colin Jones

    Self - Author 'The Great Nation'

  • Jonny Phillips

    Jonny Phillips

    Carnot

  • Slavoj Žižek

    Slavoj Žižek

    Self - Author - 'In Defence of Lost Causes'

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.

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