Of Terrible Or Not So Terrible Cinematographical Representations of Robespierre and the CSP...

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To follow victoriavandal's post on Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution!: listened the audio and got the name of the actor playing Robespierre: Stephen Hogan.

After a little googling, I think I found photos...!

May I be the first to say that they didn't put a lot of budget on his wig.


Aw, Committee of Public Safety... I won't say anything. Like, how my only way to identify Couthon is that: he must the one in the wheelchair. Well, that sums up the usual "attribute" and "characteristic" given to Couthon. Now, where is Saint-Just...! Oh, the mysteries...!


I don't know why, but he kinda makes me think of Dennis DeYoung... -_-;

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Poor Couthon, he's so badly treated in the cinema (and so forgotten by today's robespierristes :-). From every single portrait of him, as well as from the testimonies it is clear that he was quite handsome, gentle-looking man in his late thirties. Moreover, it is generally known that in personal contact he was kind and had a sense of ironic humor. Oh, how naïve I was believing that historical evidence may convince even medieval-minded filmmakers for whom disabled=ugly=bitter=bad person. OK, he is responsible for the Prairial Law, but for that he could obviously be criticized in another, more rational way than through being depicted as rude (Wajda's Danton), ugly, old (almost everywhere), insignificant (RF and even the admired La Terreur et La Vertu).

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One of these days I'm going to write Couthon a decent biography. One that's actually readable. I don't know how much it will help his portrayal in movies, but one never knows...