Andrea Chenier

IMDb link: 0047829
IMDb rating: 5.2 (41 votes)
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
Director: Clemente Fracassi
Cast: Rina Morelli, Michel Auclair, Raf Vallone, Antonella Lualdi and others

Release date: 28 Dec 1955
Release year: 1955
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Italy, France
Keywords: paris france, love, death sentence, xviii century, french aristocracy, hunting, storming of the bastille, reference to louis xvi, guillotine, trial

Plot:

Andrea Chenier, poet and politician, falls in love with an aristocratic girl also lusted after by the servant Gerard. The French Revolution breaks out and Chenier and Gerard are among the leaders, but Chenier is a moderate. It doesn't take long for Gerard to bring him before the Committee of Public Safety and have him condemned.

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