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The French Revolution (History Channel)
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Genre | Military & War |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color |
Contributor | Tomi Cristin, Hilary Sio, George Ivascu, Doug Shultz, Edward Herrmann, Phillip Levine, Rodica Lazar, Thomas Emil See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
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On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. The French Revolution is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. With dramatic reenactments, illustrations, and paintings from the era, plus revealing accounts from journals and expert commentary from historians, The French Revolution vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence, discontent, and fundamental change. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands in this essential program from THE HISTORY CHANNEL®. Narrated by Edward Herrmann (The Aviator, Gilmore Girls), The French Revolution explores the legacy that--now more than ever--stands as both a warning and a guidepost to a new millennium
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 0.8 ounces
- Director : Doug Shultz
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
- Run time : 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date : March 29, 2005
- Actors : Edward Herrmann, George Ivascu, Rodica Lazar, Tomi Cristin, Phillip Levine
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unqualified
- Studio : The History Channel / A&E
- ASIN : B0007GP836
- Writers : Doug Shultz, Hilary Sio, Thomas Emil
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #59,234 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #832 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #1,531 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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Chapters -
1. Political Alliances
2. The Enlightenment
3. Madame Deficit
4. Financial Crisis
5. To the Bastille
6. The Peoples Friend
7. Foreign Assistance
8. Death of a King
9. Noble Blood
10. Defending the Border
11. Civic Virtue
This presentation gives background and context. The huge cost of supporting the American Revolution, the bitter winter, the foolish decisions by the King, the new enlightenment beliefs, the hatred of feudalism and aristocracy, all connect.
The calling of the estates general, for first time in over a hundred years, and the resulting step-by-step revolution is well explained.
Robespierre's change from opposing the death penalty to the foremost user is documented. Proclaiming the need for 'The Rule of Terror', in the name of 'Reason', is stunning.
Rise of Napoleon and the war against Europe is shown. Europe and its aristocracy wants this new "enlightenment'' stopped. Napoleon wins, even though he loses. The enlightenment and the German revolt - Romanticism - change Europe permanently. Leads to Marx and the European wide revolts of 1848, the Paris Commune of 1871 (first modern communists), and then brings 1914 and Lenin in 1917.
(See J. L. Talmon - ''Origins of Totalitarian Democracy'' - for an astute analysis. Also, Rosentock-Hussey - ''Out of Revolution'')
Good combination of the impact of ideas and leading players. The French Revolution is a milestone on the road to the present. Many of the ideas, problems, conundrums, are still controlling modernity. Reason vs religion, individual freedom vs collective control, authority of the elite vs will of the majority, majority tyranny vs minority rights; all are still troubling the present. This is where it began.
Watched with my ten year old grandson. He was astounded to see that terrorists started in France more than two hundred years ago.
The movie does a good job of transporting the viewer to 18th Century France and presenting the French Estates system.
We get a taste (though a very light one) of France's involvement in the American Revolution (beginning in 1778).
Moreover, we get to see and hear about some of the lies and propaganda that helped shift public opinion against the Queen as well as the fact that King Louis XVI did not wish to rule and was forced into that position following the death of his grandfather Louis XV.
The film is also excellent in showing the raw brutality and excessive force of the Revolution.
The only major setback is in relation to the History Channel's bias in openly shunning Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and scorning the French monarchy.
Unlike many of the History Channel's recent documentaries with a biblical theme that are heavily biased, fictitious, and speculative, such as The Exodus Decoded, The French Revolution is very well written and very well presented allowing for a thought-provoking documentary that will provide food for thought well after it is over as it offers valuable insight into a very important period of French (European) History.
The History Channel's The French Revolution is strongly recommended along with Napoleon the TV Miniseries (starring Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gerard Depardieu, and John Malkovich), Brotherhood of the Wolf (Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel), Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst), and Vidocq (Gerard Depardieu), as well as to a lesser extent Queen Margot (Isabelle Adjani), for those with a soft spot for French History.
If you want to learn about the French Revolution, and do not have time -or just too lazy- to read, get this. You will enjoy it immensly.
This film is colorful and keeps your attention well. I highly recommend it as an excellent introduction to the French Revolution, or as a review to wrap things up.
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Beginning with the storming of the Bastille on 14'th July 1789, this documentary covers the underlying causes, the major events and the main personalities involved in those momentous events which first flared up in Paris; but soon spread throughout France and then Europe, some two centuries ago. It closes with the coming to power of Napoleon Bonaparte.
This programme is both highly detailed and impartial, concentrating on the actual historical actions/events, without any 'Politically Correct' linkage or 'interpretation' so commonplace recently. I recommend this DVD to all wishing to know more about this crucial period, now regarded by many as the bloodstained birth of modern Europe, and even the modern Western World. The French Revolution [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC ]