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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Plot summary
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.
Cast
Anthony Hopkins as Danton
Alan Dobie as Robespierre
Michael Robbins as Sanson
Clifford Cox as Crony
Tenniel Evans as Gen. Westermann
Terry Scully as Fabre d'Eglantine
John Quentin as Hérault de Seychelles
Mark Jones as Camille 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.