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This two-parter presents to simplistic takes on the events of French Revolution, providing just glimpses into the most famous characters of the era, before and during the Great Terror.
La Révolution: With Julien Frison, Esra Açik, Doudou Masta, Marilou Aussilloux. In a reimagined history of the French Revolution, the guillotine's future inventor uncovers a disease that drives the aristocracy to murder commoners.
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- 2020-10-16
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Julien Frison, Esra Açik, Doudou Masta
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- Napoleon (1927) Taking the number one spot is the silent film classic, Napoleon, which follows the man of its namesake. Written and directed by the incomparable Abel Gance, Napoleon from 1927 is a masterpiece of its time.
- The French Revolution (1989) It's fitting that a movie titled The French Revolution would be on a list about the French Revolution. This movie is so massive in scale that it’s a wonder its gone unrecognized for so many years.
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Brotherhood of the Wolf is the only horror movie on this list, but it’s also one of the best French horror movies ever made.
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) The 30s were a great period for action and adventure films, and The Scarlet Pimpernel from 1934 can perhaps be seen as a precursor to later MCU and other superhero films.
- 15 The Affair of The Necklace
- 14 The Visitors: Bastille Day
- 13 One Nation, One King
- 12 The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Story Of The Necklace That Led To The French Revolution
The Affair of the Necklace is one of those events that historians have pinpointed as leading to a gradual disillusionment between Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.In the real event, Marie Antoinette was falsely accused of attempting to fraud the Crown's jewelers.In reality, a French thief had forged her signature and did it. Regardless, the public turned against the Queen, and this moment eventually led to the French Revolution. The film of the same name is gorgeous, with all the trappings typi...
The Third Movie In The Les Visiteurs Film Series
When thinking about French Revolution movies, images of rich nobles beheaded by the guillotine, angry mobs wearing their tri-colored cockades while fighting for justice, or major events like the Storming of the Bastille come to mind. The Visitors: Bastille Day (Les Visiteurs: La Révolution) is the rare movie that can find humor in such a tumultuous period. Heads may roll, but it was still lauded for being funny. It is also the third installment of the Les Visiteurstime-travel comedy series, w...
One Of The More Historically Accurate French Revolution Movies
This French film, directed by Pierre Schoeller, shows three of the most important scenes of the Revolution: the Storming of the Bastille, the Women’s March on Versailles, and the execution of King Louis XVI. It also manages to depict the evolution of the government bodies, from the Estates-General through the National Constituent Assembly up to the National Assembly, giving time to different Revolutionary leaders such as Danton, Marat, and Robespierre. This film can feel clunky but strives fo...
A Movie About A Man Trying To Save Those Persecuted During The Revolution
In some ways, the 1930s was a golden age for adventure films when various studios tried to push out as many of these swashbuckling films as possible. The Scarlet Pimpernelis about an English aristocrat who adopts a different identity to help save those being persecuted by the Revolution, and it is a perfect fit. The characters are perfectly cast, and while it might lack some of the adrenaline of more modern movies about the French Revolution, it’s still a lovely film from a bygone era of Holl...
Apr 2, 2024 · A list of some of the best period dramas about the French Revolution. From Marie Antoinette to Scaramouche, Jefferson in Paris, and more.
Oct 25, 1989 · The French Revolution: Directed by Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron. With Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer. A chronicle of the French Revolution from the calling of the Etats General in 1789 until the end of the Jacobin Terror in 1794.
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La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 historical drama co-produced by France, Germany, Italy and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer.
