Incredible spectacle from Jean Renoir that that strikes a newsreel-like tone as it documents the French Revolution from first-person perspectives, those of the citizen rebels trudging from Marseilles to Paris as well as the court of doomed regents Louis XVI (Pierre Renoir) and Maire Antoinette (Lise Delamare). Vivid recreation of a turning point in world history from one of cinema’s grand masters also stars Léon Larive, Germaine Lefebvre, Louis Jouvet. 131 min. Standard; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English; audio commentary. In French with English subtitles.
