La Revolution Francaise: Robespierre's Fall (Part 1)

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Robespierre: I have in my hand a list of people to be sent to the Guillotine and many of YOU are on this list, but I'm not telling who yet. What do you think of that Guy in the assembly: I think we should send Robespierre to the Guillotine first. All in favor? *Everyone's hand goes up* Robespierre: OooooOooh NoooOooo!

[@alsaif3386]

Part of oversimplified

[@mbalce6220]

Oversimplified haha

[@mdtalhaansari1096]

A bit oversimplified, don't you think?

[@holyromanempireball465]

To the guillotine!

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*_There's a tax for that!_*

[@tabinekoman]

Imagine being peasant far in deep of village and hear about the news. Constantly "WTF is happening in Paris."

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

Sounds a little like America right now.

[@samyrandome425]

I feel like that's pretty much always the sentiment of the rest of France lol

[@gunnerr8476]

There were so many revolts caused by difference factions I think the respond is "WTF is happening with this country".

[@maxwellpeter1738]

Like today's america

[@sergeacaf3411]

Hahahahaha

[@theproplady]

If you watch the movie "The Death of Stalin", you'll see many parallels between Robespierre's downfall in this film and the downfall of Lavrenty Beria. Beria made the same mistake where he said he had dirt on everyone and threatened to take them all down, forcing his fellow officials to gang up on him.

[@britishnerd3919]

Except IRL it's unlikely beria actually told presidium he had dirt on them. They just knew that, but also all basically hated Beria

[@deanpd3402]

@@britishnerd3919 He was an easy man to hate.

[@falconeshield]

​@@deanpd3402When you can't keep your hands to yourself eventually they'll get cut off

[@annedejong1040]

It was a mess, Staln Beria, you mean Trotski and Lenin is a different matter

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Same with Joseph Goebbels. Same with Joseph McCarthy. It’s right out of the fascist playbook 😄

[@MusicGamesEverything]

When they were all screaming "Tyrant!" as the subtitles said, they were actually screaming "Death to the Tyrant"

[@hagamapama]

Mort tyrant? That's what they were crying?

[@stfu_cameron]

hagamapama “Mort au tyrant” yep

[@nkt0811]

Napoleon: “Hold my wine”

[@Reagan1984]

@@nkt0811 Robespierre's tyranny was much worse than Napoleon's

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Napoleon strove for law and order and he kept his anti opposition tactics down to a minimal. However his stunning successes on the battlefield, his sheer popularity, charisma and lowly initial status in life really endeared him to many French as they put their lives down in battle for him and for the nation. He was not only a brilliant commander, but also a brave soldier, literally leading from the front at Siege of Toulon against ferocious British grapeshot fire from cannons. He was utterly exposed at the bridge of Arcole in his Italian campaign. His ADC literally flung himself at Napoleon to save him from volleys of Austrian musket fire in the thick of the combat situation, just opposite of the bridge. It is such inconspicuous gallantry in the face of his own troops, his fellow Frenchmen, that he gained impeccable status and inspirational leadership. Not since Alexander the Great do we see a national commander, leading with such gusto, with innovative and driven approach to defeat world class standing armies in lightning campaigns, using meager resources on his own end. Napoleon wasn't any of those opportunist, lower talented individuals in the revolutionaries of the Cordeliers club, Jacobins or Girondinists. Those were men who desired power and seized the opportune and used their own voice to create an uproar. Napoleon was a well trained, hard working, genius military commander who studied and studied countless military tactics, like Frederick the Great, before he showed his masterclass in strategy and tactics at the Siege at Toulon. So he was a real battlefield genius and everyone trusted him because he could convince and plan a masterstroke before his superiors and they always consider his plans capable of ensuring success in the battlefield. His actions, saved the revolution from foreign annexation and invasion. Amongst all the French, he rose to power on merit as well as luck.

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

I love the face he makes at 4:06. You can see it in his eyes he just realized hes completely lost control.

[@STho205]

This Revolution was a series of people instigating its phases losing control. It started as a Bourgeois political spat, but the mob was rallied to aid the cause with violence, then the Bourgeois lost control of the mob, then Robspierre played a Cromwell character, took control after the Mars massacre and turned paranoid tyrant then the military took control...to be r ruled by Directorate which itself was overthrown in 1799 and by 1804 the general that overthew the directorate made himself Emperor.

[@TheNapster153]

​@@STho205It really was the definition of a path to hell made with good intentions.

[@falconeshield]

​@@TheNapster153And it was all in 2 years

[@MD-ep6ot]

​@@TheNapster153 I do not believe in good intentions and spontaneity. On the contrary, I think that this terrible adventure is the long-matured fruit of a plot whose scope still eludes us today, of a premeditated criminal sedition. The writer Cazotte, who had belonged to the French Illuminists, made one evening, at a dinner, this prophecy whose realization must, obviously, involve an element of coincidence, but which was also, above all, like those of Cagliostro, and without any possible doubt, advance information. He said to the guests who were greatly amused by it, three or four years before 1789: "You, Monsieur Bailly, and you, Monsieur de Malesherbes, you will die on the scaffold... You, Madame, you will be taken in a cart, your hands tied behind your back, to the place of execution. - But, Monsieur le prophète, the Duchess of Grammont replied laughingly, will you not at least leave me a confessor? - No, Madame, no, Cazotte replied enigmatically, no, you will not have one, and the last person to be tortured who will have one will be the king!... " What we know in any case with certainty is that a congress of universal Freemasonry was held in Wilhemsbad in 1781. The Count of Virieu, on whom the Illuminists had believed they could count, and who had been part of the French delegation, returned completely terrified and declared that he was leaving the sect, saying to the Baron of Gilliers: "I will not reveal to you what happened; what I can only tell you is that all this is much more serious than you think. The conspiracy that is being hatched is so well-planned that it will be virtually impossible for the Monarchy and the Church to escape it.

[@NightWanderer31415]

​@@STho205 this really is a perfect description of the process.

[@theproplady]

Well, THAT escalated quickly....

[@MrDjahh]

they have been waiting to catch him for a while at this point, he had been spreading terror around france

[@robinjenny5572]

Welcome in France my guy!

[@lethanhlam3434]

Robbespiere government has fallen down just in one night

[@Conn30Mtenor]

Not quickly enough.

[@adge5182]

True

[@ramblinbob1918]

1st rule of being a successful tyrant, accuse some and let everyone turn against them to save themselves. Do not accuse everyone or leave everyone open to accusation at once, they'll have no where to turn except against you.

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

Stalin would like a word with you

[@agostinomazzocca1978]

Robespierre did this sort of accusation because he thought that, by scaring everyone with those threats, maybe some of them would have joined him and maybe even sold some of the members of the Commission to avoid the purge. Bad choice indeed. You should announce a purge when you already have enough supporters. If you don't make clear who's going to die, people will not know how big are their chances of surviving the purge and, instead of risking, they will choose to save themselves.

[@autismobinch135]

Ramblin' Bob Rob was a principled man

[@mercenery1232]

Anyone remembered Saddam Hussein's and his brilliant purge? By the end some were praising as akin to a god haha

[@ssrmy1782]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 OP was right. Stalin was poisoned by Beria. Even Stalin fucked ut up, but he did better than most in the tyrant game.

[@HansenDing]

One of the interesting details in this is the bells that rang as Robespierre fled to the hotel de ville. During those years these bells were a call that the commune needed support and for the working class sections of Paris and the National Guard to mobilise and pressure the National Convention. In all cases prior to this the masses gathered was great enough that the Convention saw that the people were with the commune, not them, and they basically bow to the will of the commune. However, during this the fall of Robespierre, famously the bells rang again but only 13 of the 48 sections of Paris mobilised. The numbers of communards and national guards units you saw there defending the Hotel de Ville was a fraction of what they were before. And that was how you could tell that the people had at this point largely deserted Robespierre. Or else the convention would have never been able to arrest them.

[@machida58]

Revolutionary power is both a function of numbers and guns.

[@joshuafeng4630]

somethins similar happened in Hebert's case months before I believe? He couldn't get enough supporters to rebel. I personally think it's not only about if they got deserted by the people, but also that most of the people were growing tired of revolution and didnt want to actively take part in it anymore. It's understandible considering the situation after the fall of Girondins didn't get much better and the war

[@HansenDing]

@@joshuafeng4630 absolutely, I think keyword is active, actively support or defend. Like the Bolsheviks didnt have close to the majority of Russia behind them, but the Provisional govt was so unpopular and lacked literally an iota of support that nobody was willing to actively defend it, and the Bolsehviks had an active supporter base.

[@jam8539]

@@HansenDing That and when the civil war was in progress at that point the whites, were little more than war lords, aristocrats and old Tsarist generals, the bolsheviks however, bad where seen as a better alternative for most

[@tomservo5347]

Is that a young Napoleon sent by the Convention to arrest Robespierre?

[@sigma_frenchie4075]

I am actually impressed by the talent of this actor. very well played

[@Vatras888]

fact that he is polish and franch is not his native language is preaty impresive

[@JSheridanEntilZha]

He was a great theater actor of the Comédie Française. His version of Molière Dom Juan was and I think is still a milestone

[@zmoresperros2007]

Andrzej Seweryn. Polish. Still performing in cinema, tv, and theatre (he is also director of a theatre in Warsaw).

[@alessandrocaboni5882]

D'accord.

[@andrefava1028]

​@@JSheridanEntilZha he also played in the movie The Maharabatha,with Victor Mezzogiorno and other actors who played in La Révolution Française

[@Yomi2012]

Robespierre is seen going through severe stress and panic attack, you See how his voice is cracking. He is literally going through an anxiety meltdown.

[@steveshapiro326]

No doubt the stress was horrible and Robespierre had been ill. Had he not been killed, illnesses would have done the job.

[@Androids23]

No he had tuberculosis and it got worse at that time, he was too weak to defend himself, they show him coughing on his cloth

[@D.y.891]

@@Androids23 pues la maldad se paga como dicen

[@steveshapiro326]

@@Androids23 Back then, everybody was sick. Robespierre did have a good doctor (Souberbielle). That doctor's photograph can be Googled. He was real old (taken in the 1830s).

[@ajasilikonreffkmimmon]

Robespierre has a Smallpox in his left cheek.

[@laboulaie]

C'est magnifique , les décors et les costumes , vraiment d'époque ! Félicitation au costumier et à l' historien !

[@steveshapiro326]

Je suis tout a fait d'accord.

[@Angeli28]

Oui!

[@jessicaq4145]

Magnifique ecriture!

[@sophieortiz5030]

Je n'aime que ses lunettes qui sont assez stylées

[@clem84]

A l’historien ? Je ne crois pas…

[@Sajangrg69]

He basically signed his death warrant with that speech. Not naming the names on his 'blacklist' was a final nail in the coffin since people in the Committe of Public Safety and the civilians (who loved Danton) was already turning against him and they were watching carefully Robespierre's every move. However, there's guys like Bertrand Barère who was also responsible for causing reign of terror yet, managed to survive through the french revolution and died old.

[@elangelyt7738]

Clearly you know history. You can believe what you want, because there is no way to prove what is right or wrong but, I personally believe Robespierre was about to denounce people like Barère or Billaud-Varenne. Who were the original creators of the terror. Billaud-Varenne proposed the law of 14 of Frimaire, in which power was concentrated in the committee of public safety. And Barère was since the beginning on the committee of public safety. Like you said Robespierre mistake was not to mention their names, I'm sure if he had mention Barère or Billaud-Varenne, or people like Fuche, others would not have moved a rock to save them.

[@fawziekefli2273]

Committee of Public Safety = C.O.P.S. Make of that what you will. 😁

[@kenoliver8913]

@@fawziekefli2273 Except it would be CdSP in French

[@MaximilienRobespierre-kw4rt]

I made a very big mistake

[@curtrupp4259]

Absolutely Danton while not perfect was a true French hero in many eyes possibly Max was jealous

[@mariemorgan7759]

I am so glad of the subtitles in English or Spanish so I can watch this and understand what they are saying. Also helps me to practice in my French language studies!

[@yoursoulessmate]

Look into the comments there are some lines that got mistranslated

[@oliviervillaret1674]

Rosetta Stone French ! The best method to date

[@johnpages4627]

je réponds il faut apprendre le français c'est la plus BELLE langue du MONDE !

[@JonatasAdoM]

Subtitles! That's how I learned English.

[@fifervonpiper6707]

"When you sent thousands to the guillotine so hard that you sent yourself as well." ~ Maximilian Robespierre

[@boshirahmed]

Think about it murderer killing innocent people and their wives and saying he believes in equality, all his decisions were based solely on gaining and keeping power and nothing else, he even killed his friends..

[@yoyomx2932]

He never said that

[@darrowdapper9659]

He did, it’s in the History Channel

[@yoyomx2932]

@@darrowdapper9659 Where did he say it? What is History Channel?

[@darrowdapper9659]

@@yoyomx2932 he say it in the radio and better check out history channel they gots nice alien babezzz

[@doyleperkins4916]

The long haired associate is St Just, who, by all accounts, was so heartless, emotionless and enigmatic that some contemporaries compared him with a "well-chiselled face of cold, hard marble..." He died on the guillotine the same day as his master, Maximilien Robespierre.

[@cam276]

That's a recitation of the most cartoonish and crudest parts of the old reactionary propaganda. Fictional, like most of the script of this movie. The Thermidorian version of this period and its gross lies and fake anecdotes (staged in this mediocre movie) have been largely debunked and refuted by the modern historiographical research. The struggle for an egalitarian society is still very much current. In France, the solidarity and equity system (the logical continuation of the successive revolutions and obtained by long popular struggles) is currently threatened like never before since the end of WW2 and the beginning of the fifth republic by the neoliberal and greedy oligarchy (or rather their servants) in charge. We would really need a Saint-Just right now. And above all we would really need a popular insurrection.

[@steveshapiro326]

I believe St. Just had served some time in prison for stealing from his mother.

[@annyjoseph6162]

"L ' Archange de la Terreur"...He was 24...

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

St-Just said "No freedom to the ennemies of liberty."

[@anneclaffey2843]

​@@steveshapiro326 Wtf? 😮

[@rekilu2640]

you could make a religion out of th- no don't

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

I don’t get this

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 Cult of the Supreme Being

[@imabdella554]

Too late

[@TMthe33rd]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 it's a reference to a youtube video titled "History of the world" by Bill Wurtz

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

SaltyBoi UWU ooooh link?

[@xornxenophon3652]

People claim that I ursurped the French crown, but it is not true! I found it in the gutter! (Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French)

[@Danko_Sekulic]

People who accuse Napoleon of "destroying the republic" apparently have some kind of selective amnesia. Max and his loons had done that years before!

[@shuaguin5446]

@@Danko_Sekulic Well the other reason why Napoleon is seen a the butcher of the Republic is the constitution of secret police during his reign. Republican sympatizers and activistes were hunted, emprisonned or execute in france, Italia and other part of the empire.This political police prooved to be damn effective and french republican took a hard hit during his reign. Restauration monarch would inherit this political police but it lacked the popular support and the loyalty towards the regim to operate efficiently for them.

[@1987AnimeBoy]

Cao Cao may have said a similar thing.

[@gungdegalang4635]

Waterloo?

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

The whole point of the Revolution is to deposed the monarch, yet several years later they have a new one under much better man, and they love him

[@SomePerson_Online]

“Robspiere has arrived” Them: *exits the room fast af* 🤣

[@Lilemma2006]

SomePerson Online ikr

[@sergeacaf3411]

Èwwwwwqw2qqwwewwwwwwwwqqwqqqqqqqq

[@ziadahmad2440]

fast as fuck boi

[@aceharris1463]

During the debate on whether to grant King Louis a jury trial and the presumption of innocence, the greatest anti-monarchist and opponent of the hereditary right in the history of the English language, Thomas Paine, spoke in defence of the principal, regardless of the fact he despised the monarchical institution. He tried to ensure that France would be born in true liberty and equality. Robspierre opposed him. And soon after, Robespierre met the end he crafted for himself.

[@zhouwu]

By whatever judgement you judge, you shall be judged. -Jesus.

[@willsteele793]

Excellent post. I never thought of that. In fact the decision on how to handle the trial of the king was probably the moral and ethical turning point of the revolution. Turning back could only happen with bloodshed.

[@Trebor74]

Considering the English had a trial and execution of Charles 1 in 1649. The path had already been trod.

[@foundationofBritain]

@@Trebor74 The English learnt from the mistakes of the civil war and commonwealth, which is why the Glorious Revolution succeeded in re-establishing historic English liberty's and the historic English principal of English Limited Monarchy, of which the modern form that they created is now know as Constitutional Monarchy, which still exists to this day, which then gave rise to Parliamentary Democracy, which also still exists. And long may that continue.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. Thomas Paine should be remembered by Citizens of US UK and France !! He stood for liberty , justice and dignity for all ( incl slaves ) and made some of greatest speeches in History !

[@wouters11]

Interesting fact: the best parts of Robespierre were played by great polish actors: here Andrzej Seweryn and in the movie "Danton" Wojciech Pszoniak. Masterpiece.

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

One of the greatest historical films ever... which makes it one of the greatest _films_ ever! Depardieu's most riveting performance too, in a career absolutely brimming with such performances.

[@falconeshield]

​@@zonesquestiloveunderworldWhere is Depardieu I can't see him

[@benisrood]

Are you Polish, yourself?

[@wouters11]

@@benisrood yes, i'm

[@majuli8420]

The guy grabbing him when Robespierre tries to sit down actually yells "Get back! These are the seats of honest men that you murdered!"

[@zmoresperros2007]

Robespierre is played here by a very prominent Polish actor, Andrzej Seweryn. He is also member of Comedie Francaise.

[@RaoulLeDegueu]

it was the movie Danton

[@kube410]

THATS AMAZING!!. Im polish and i thought i recognized him lmao. He played Prince Jarema Wiśniowiecki in With Fire and Sword movie adaptation. Jarema is kind of known as a polish vlad the impaler for his approach to dealing with the cossack uprising. Andrzej Seweryn is very good at playing bloodthirsty executioners it seems lol

[@adamlis9321]

2:57 That guy behind Saint-Just made me crack in laughter. Because his face, in a few seconds, says volumes. Like "You DO have names in this massive conspiracy theory of yours, right?"

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Loool. And look what severe disappointment has lead to!

[@chrisbaple]

lmao he was rlly waiting for him to pull out the receipts

[@lawrencebittke8478]

French politics was real rough back then. The momentum was swinging the other way; and The Terror was now consuming its own perpetrators. Robespierre’s enemies could sense it and could smell blood.

[@schusterlehrling]

Even his former supporters could smell the fear of blood in their own necks. That's why he fell.

[@nicolaspithon5042]

La révolution française s'est saignée elle-même.

[@johnmccarron7066]

Excellent job on the actor's part when he responds to the accusations of tyrant. That's the point when he realizes the danger he is now in.

[@steveshapiro326]

Robespierre should have stayed home that day.

[@davidromeira8958]

​@@steveshapiro326😂😂😂yah

[@jean-jacquescortes9500]

Et pendant ce temps, un jeune officier artilleur venu de sa Corse natale, attendait son heure. 😜

[@Ares99999]

"All those in favor raise their hand." I love how you see some people raising their hand quickly, while other did it slowly or reluctantly. Although they called it a vote, nobody would vote against, since that would probably doom oneself.

[@kelvindoang1228]

This is the same as now political party, the follower will follow the leader and raise hand when ordered

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@kelvindoang1228 Yeah. I was seeing the result of a vote the other day and was appalled. You had some parties where everybody voted exactly the same. The worst is that for the politicians, not doing so is an act of treason.

[@Uryendel]

Actually it's the opposite, voting in favor would be a death sentence if Robespierre would have keep the power, this period isn't called the terror for nothing.

[@Shogo5000]

If I can help... 3:45 "Let my attackers prepare their poison" (ciguë = hemlock) 3:52 "Why go on living where truth and lies are undivided" ... not "invisible"

[@GeneralSunsprite]

“Indivisible”

[@Toghebon]

And inbetween "I shall drink it upon these sacred seats"

[@UlissesQuirino]

4:02 Death to the tyrant!

[@12321dantheman]

also 2.22 "greed and fear" not "grief and fear"

[@belanissart7621]

Le meilleur film historique auquel j’ai pu assister de toute ma vie de Français.Les acteurs formidables ,chacun jouant son rôle parfaitement ,remarquablement, m’ont permis d’assister en spectateur d un événement que je pouvais toucher de ma main, ils me frôlaient.Bravo j’ai vécu cette Révolution et cette 1 ère Constitution qui me permettra d’être un Français libre.merci

[@Leebpascal1]

7:16 He actually says : : "A bit of courage" (show some guts) "And to your health, bastards !" (Cheers, bastards) "Align yourselves" (get in ranks) "To the barricade" "And (long) live the republic"

[@lorenzorenzulli2395]

And at 8:43 he say « Come back here ! Bunch of chickens, bastards ! » « Roughnecks ! Shitty soldiers » (I’m not sure about this one « soldats de merde ») « Scum ! Come back cowards ! »

[@AbstractSloth]

Truly, cancel culture has gone too far

[@stvdagger8074]

Just give thanks that the SJWs don't have guillotines yet

[@AbstractSloth]

@@stvdagger8074 Man, that would be cool

[@agba5098]

​@@stvdagger8074 They have digital guillotine aka Twitter.

[@TMthe33rd]

@@AbstractSloth yeah that's cool indeed Until you lose your head

[@tabinekoman]

Your having neck priviledge is canceled.

[@Dfathurr]

Certainly the bald man at 4:06 is one of the bravest. He said Robesipierre is a tyrant right next to him

[@washizukanorico]

Dfathurr if you watch the entire movie you realize this bald guy was one of Danton best buddy, at that point he probably hated Robespierre pretty badly ... still take corones to call him a tyrant right next to him ... I mean if he doesn’t die on this you probably will ...

[@cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988]

That's Louis Legendre, Danton's best friend. He hate Robespierre for killing Danton

[@Kelly14UK]

There's another bald man who died though. They looked similiar.

[@subashgrg4666]

Why did he kill his friend Danton?

[@bernhardwall6876]

I think I also heard the word "lâche (coward)."

[@CEB1896]

When Robespierre is asked to give them the names, he looks at Saint-Just for a moment: “Should mention him to save myself?” And Saint-Just looks like he’s afraid Robespierre will do so.

[@alessandrocaboni5882]

C'est vrai.

[@altinaykor364]

that's such a messed up take! I thought in that moment he was like "crap, I wasn't expecting them to demand names, what should I do now?!" And Saint-Just have that expression, because he, just like Robespierre didn't thought about this part and was just expecting them to be afraid enough to shut up

[@falconeshield]

For a brief moment it definitely crossed his mind

[@revolutionariesoffreedom2374]

no cuz saint just was more radical than rbespierre. At least rbespierre had a more sensitive approach towards others than saint just. Tho rbespierre had the title of incorruptible

[@tomservo5347]

I love these old historical films-I remember the one's from the 80's shown here in the States and this one looks to be late 80's, anniversary of the French Revolution. They simply don't make them anymore.

[@Rilez616]

And the ones they do make are over dramatised, these ones are perfect

[@Account.for.Comment]

@@BannedIP I was expecting another sjw ruinned everything comment. Thankfully, someone understood. Hollywood and most productions felt the need to dumb down because they had no belief in the audience capacity for intelligence. Appealing to sjws are just appealing to dumb down philosophies, nothing more.

[@rafik866]

@@Account.for.Comment so we have the books left 😉

[@710LENNY]

This was a multi national multi part production commemorating the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The actors were chosen from around the world. There used to be a clean english language copy of all the parts on youtube, but I can't find it anymore. And at one point Amazon did have a listing for the whole shebang. Sadly, the French didn't really respond well (read, at all) so it just seemed to fizzle out and disappear. Pity. It was hours and hours of pure joyful entertainment, even if you did know what was going to happen.

[@tomservo5347]

@@710LENNY Back in the old days when we had 5 channels to choose from networks used to invest quite a bit into mini-series. Learn French I guess lol.

[@elnationalista]

Robespierre: I am not a tyrant! Also Robespierre: Shut down all press and anyone against me!

[@rafik866]

That's right, but in the same time needless to say that all was mess and chaos everywhere in the coutry

[@subashgrg4666]

The man wanted to guillotine everyone who oppose him. That's pretty much how dictators operate

[@jeandarwin9143]

@@subashgrg4666 frankly you haven't read anything on Robespierre, did you ? Oversimplified isn't a source. The "Tyrant Robespierre" archetype was created by his opposition to put dirt on his legacy. Just remember that the ones who arrested him were the likes of Fouché, who literally wanted to genocide a whole city with cannons.

[@Augustuscaesar71]

@@jeandarwin9143 The good citizen Robespierre just killed 40,000 people in the guillhotine.

[@jeandarwin9143]

@@Augustuscaesar71 you should actually read books instead of literally following the propaganda created by thermidorians -----> "Robespierre, la fabrication d'un monstre" by Jean-Clément Martin (a historian speicalised on the guy) is very enlightening, unfortunately it is in french.

[@BFVK]

"Bastards" translated as "Citizen" "Long live the Republic" translated as "That's an order" LOL

[@TheStewieOne]

I love even the soldiers are abandoning Robespierre. "Fuck this! I ain't getting paid enough to guard this asshole."

[@GrandAdmThrawn]

It's such an underrated movie. For me it's a strong 10/10.

[@paolosyt]

Cinematographic beauty... the horses, clothes, expressions, beautiful

[@vozurna]

one of the best acting performances ever, by all the cast

[@heliedecastanet1882]

The whole movie is incredible 🙂

[@maureengillies9495]

Absolutely incredible acting I felt I was there

[@ReaverLordTonus]

For anyone who's a fan of Aaron Sorkin. This was a Ten Word Answer moment. Robespierre basically said "members of this government are traitors and I know who." A bold claim, but he didn't have the next Ten Words to back it up. He had no names, in his mind it was pretty much anyone who opposed him for any reason and everyone saw right through it. We see alot of this today too, members of congress standing and making a bold claim about their opposition but when pressed to prove it or provide a solution for it, they have nothing.

[@Archedgar]

Yep. Same thing hitler, stalin & the U.S. democrat party. Typical leftist orthodoxy; Tyranny & corruption aka socialism. Glad robespierre was brutally tortured & executed along with his comrades. Though even that was too good for him.

[@zenferg]

Same thing that did in Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare.

[@Archedgar]

@@zenferg Senator McCarthy's anti-hitler efforts were noble. Only guys that are pro-hitler, aka socialists, would say otherwise.

[@lray1948]

@@Archedgar You need to go back and study your history. Socialists were not at all pro-Hitler. Hitler went out of his way to aid Franco in Spain in his attempt to overthrow the elected socialist government there.. And as far as McCarthy being anti-Hitler, after WWII... McCarthy attacked the war crimes trials the Allies held for German war criminals. He said it was pure vengeance. It should be noted there were a lot of fairly recent German immigrants in his state of Wisconsin who were not anxious to punish Germans for events in the war. As far as Hitler's attitude towards the socialists, he hated them. He considered them as next-door to Communists as objects of hatred. Only Jews and Communists were worse in Hitler's eyes. There were many German socialists in the death camps.

[@tomcarl8021]

​@@zenfergJoe McCarthy was right all along. The KGB Venona files proved him right.

[@delavalmilker]

Romanian dictator Ceausescu also had his "Robespierre moment".

[@Gg-qx3vo]

What exactly happened to him?

[@remenir97]

Aryan got shot.

[@Gg-qx3vo]

@@remenir97 I know he got executed but how did he get ousted from power?

[@firstone3289]

@@Gg-qx3vo he made a public speech that went wrong

[@gunnerr8476]

He made a speech, not just that but trying to create a reform amidst a rebellion. People just can't stop booing him and he went to seek shelter. The rest you know.

[@jolorulz]

I love this film, but I wish they had shown a more detailed version of this particular scene, in which the first speaker was supposed to be Saint Just who was shouted down before Robespierre had to take up his defense. IDK, i'm just being picky I guess.

[@poi2lkj3mnb]

I really wish they had added Robespierre's last words in the convention. "Danton that is what you regret? Cowards why did you not defend him."

[@joellaz9836]

poi2lkj3mnb That would make a great bit of dialogue! Why didn’t they add that?

[@kevinmeyer6427]

They actually squished 7 & 8 Thermidor together, Robespierre came back the next day to supposedly name names, but never got the chance. Some think Saint-Just was going to make some attempt at reconciliation (a bit out of character for him, IMO), but he also was shouted down. I'm curious who is supposeed to be who in these scenes, who is Fouche & who is Barras?

[@rias.gremoryyy]

@- navis - I just pity Louis XVI.. he barely had any time to defend himself..and he was pretty chill compared to other kings of his times

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

@@rias.gremoryyy Agree. Louis actually seems to be a decent and well-meaning king plagued by the hard times and bad luck France had to endure. He certainly was much better than all those who gain power after his downfall.

[@Pfsif]

From Hero to zero real quick.

[@overcomerbtboj]

Lol 😂

[@emilycupcakegirl367]

No one: Robespierre: *Wears sunglasses before they were even invented*

[@DSCH4]

"The reflected light of my own brilliance is overwhelming." - Robespierre, probably

[@thunderbird1921]

That humorous inaccuracy aside, this scene alone shows why Robespierre was so dangerous. Very sly with his words, and yet extremely cunning in terms of seeking power. By refusing to say names, he was essentially asserting the right to condemn and execute any of them. No wonder people cheered when he was finally guillotined.

[@kristofantal8801]

Sunglasses existed back than. It is accurate. Look at contemporary sources.

[@chourineur9250]

Et ta connerie...tu l'as inventé ou c'est de naissance?

[@steveshapiro326]

@@kristofantal8801 Robespierre wore glasses all his life. Spectacles existed since the Middle Ages. I think John Wilkes Booth wore sunglasses.

[@markjohnson9455]

I like watching movies in their original language and having it translated to English because I appreciate the differences.

[@angelgomez8409]

Robespierre was going to send many MORE to the guillotine. *This angered the French people, who punished him severely*

[@SKVLE]

I got this reference😉

[@michaelmontagu3979]

You might say that he let his power go to his head

[@MarcinKrn]

In this French film (1989), Robespierre was played by a Pole, Andrzej Seweryn. In turn, six years earlier (1983), in the Polish-French film Danton (director Andrzej Wajda), Wojciech Pszoniak played Robespierre. There, Seweryn also played (Bourdon), and Danton was played by Depardieu. To make it interesting, both actors Seweryn and Pszoniak) knew each other well and often played together (e.g. in "The Promised Land" by Wajda). It follows that Poles are suitable for playing the role of Robespierre. 🤣

[@MajorDenisBloodnok]

Andrzej Seweryn did a great job as Robespierre (fun fact: if he spoke a very good French, Seweryn was dubbed by the wonderful French theater actor Gérard Desarthe, who also dubbed Wojciech Pszoniak as Robespierre in Danton). Seweryn is a great actor, one of the few non francophone actors being hired by the Comédie Française, the oldest and most prestigious French theater company. You can find on KZbin Seweryn remarkable performance in Molière's play Dom Juan.

[@v4wlu322]

4:24 watching robespierre having a mental breakdown is somehow funny

[@darkman7009]

I almost felt sympthy of him having mental breakdown, but knowing not just he's a dictator, but also failed dictator after that error' careless speech, i just laugh at him

[@huldrrrr9486]

Everything else aside, I kind of love Robespierre's blue jacket and sunglasses. Its a Look

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Yes, quite cool. Ripe for resurrection!

[@patcoghlan3852]

Yeah if you are going to pull the "I have in my hand here a list of names..." and then not tell who the names are, after previously executing most of your friends and allies, then you better have armed guards nearby or be ready to launch a coup, otherwise they will gang up.

[@Tyrunner0097]

It was clear that his intention was to turn them all against one another, so he could then be able to get rid of anyone he felt was not loyal to him (He would say "the Republic", but we know better), then take control of the others, and the government, more easily.

[@emrecck]

@@Tyrunner0097kinda like internal “divide and conquer” strategy…

[@Tyrunner0097]

@@emrecck AKA The Long Knives

[@inga-riot324]

Robesbierre: Doesn't give the names France: That's where your'e wrong kiddo

[@infonomics]

Angry vengeful crowd: "The blood of Danton chokes you Robespierre." Robespierre: "Now it is time for my Jesse Owens' impression." Couthon: "Me too."

[@chrisstorey4197]

Those words helped Robespierre recover his voice as he spat back, "so it's Danton that bothers you. Cowards! Why didn't you defend him?" Which was fair enough. Even Legrande, who spoke the words, had undergone his Simon Peter moment and backed off defending Danton to save his neck after Danton's his arrest. I don't know why they cut it. It was a very telling moment.

[@andiearyabima6499]

He is just like superman in Injustice. He was such an idealist to the point that if his family caught stealing a bread because of starving, he wouldn't hesitate to cut of his brothers hand. He fight for justice and liberty but in the end he act like he is the only one who know best and everybody must listen to him. That my friend, is the first step of being tyrant.

[@anneclaffey2843]

I don't think Robespierre favoured Sharia law, in all fairness 😮

[@andiearyabima6499]

​@@anneclaffey2843 He was against religion, Catholic Church back in the day, let alone sharia law. He was upholding the idea of logic and reasons above all.

[@anneclaffey2843]

@@andiearyabima6499 I know. That's one of the reasons why I admire him so much ❤. As an Irish person, I'm only too aware of the damage 💔 the Catholic Church has inflicted over the years.

[@chillmemes5865]

@@anneclaffey2843So you want to murder the clergy?

[@anneclaffey2843]

@@chillmemes5865 Who said anything about murdering clergy? Do me the courtesy of READING what I wrote. And find out something about the rôle of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

[@Shintigercurl]

it's so interesting to see the fall of a would-be dictator. you almost see the moment where it all goes wrong for him.

[@BS-rm1hv]

A dictator ?

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

​@@BS-rm1hv yes, is there a problem with what he said?

[@BS-rm1hv]

@@mahfoudseraf5995 He was the member of a collective, not a dictator.

[@NightWanderer31415]

​@@BS-rm1hvbut quickly becoming too powerful, and power corrupts.

[@kshitijsrivastava6440]

Casting for Robespierre is ON POINT uncanny resemblance right there

[@AGMundy]

Splendid. I have long been fascinated by Robespierre. On balance I am of the opinion that he was a well-intentioned man who was overwhelmed by the times with the Revolution devouring her own children. Ironically of course he was opposed to the death penalty. It is interesting to see (and read) how power so quickly easily falls away from people. I well recall the downfall of the Communist Eastern Bloc countries and in particular the fall of Nicolas Ceausescu.

[@BilalAhmad-ff3xq]

I would recommend studying 'the man of history' phenomenon.

[@luisfilipe9272]

Personnage intriguant de l'histoire. Une période absolument extraordinaire.

[@Ash-vm3ut]

période de conflit et magouille d'aristrocrate égoiste , vachement une bonne période c'est même la pire période qui a causé la perte de celle-ci , la france s'en sortait largement mieux à l'époque des rois

[@christophelallau2915]

Une période propice aux aventuriers de toutes sortes. Je descends de 2 agents révolutionnaires...🤨

[@qenyaithandrill7848]

@@LockheedFan C'est pour ça que le "petit peuple" était largement divisé tout au long de l'histoire post-révolution autour de la figure des monarches... Et qu'on se retrouve, 150 ans plus tard avec la Ve République, à devoir élire un "ROI" pour 7 ans (puis 5) parce que le pays est ingouvernable si on tente une vraie démocratie. La vraie démocratie ne peut PAS fonctionner en France. La république française s'est taillée dans le sang, et à l'encontre TOTAL des idées des Lumières. Mais ça, la propagande Républicaine l'a définitivement enterré.

[@leonoliber6201]

Le coeur me crève en voyant cette scène horrible. Vous avez publié ce petit extrait du film le 9 thermidor de cette année - merci pour la commémoration. Je pleurerai éternellement ces héros de l´humanité.

[@democracyisnon-negociable3819]

Tg traître de la liberté si tu supportes un hero qui est devenu un zero alors tu es un zéro aussi

[@karlmichaelcarvajal4810]

French is truly a beautiful language

[@timholder6825]

Love the look on his face when he realises the games up and what the likely consequences are going to be.

[@tunasandwich8049]

That moment Robespierre remembered why the French revolution happened in the first place

[@iwanegerstrom4564]

While Robespierre might have had good intentions from the beginning (I dont think so, but I give him the benefit of the doubt) he quickly became what so many Kings, Emperors and other men of power in history have experienced. Mad with power...

[@altinaykor364]

and delusional read one of Josephine's letters which she sent during her imprisonment (for the crime of being wife of someone which these people didn't like and executed) read how she describes the prison, how people are treated there and what exactly happened to her body which made her unable to have more children (Dark) no need to mention the kind of life was outside of that prison in Paris with all of those executions and don't even get me started on Vendee genocide and the fact that they even wanted to go as far changing Lyon's name! imagine one of the leaders of your country's government calls all of this chaos and messes, a glorious republic which is also lawful and virtue🤣like don't you want to punch the guy in the face when he says that?🤣🤣🤣

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

@@altinaykor364 Blueprint for all "progressist" tyrannies ever since.

[@cqtaylor]

Well. Tough crowd.

[@revan6228]

C'est le sang de Danton qui t'étouffe il t'étouffe j'adore cette phrase lorsqu'il dit ça

[@pedroroquehidalgo7021]

No imaginó que después, mucho tiempo después, para él, todo seguiría tan confuso como en ese preciso instante en que sus ojos abiertos a rabiar trataban de capturar una brizna de luz en la que apoyar su mirada, su voz desgarrada dejó de resonar en sus oídos, envuelto en aromas de sándalo y jazmín ausentes, su paladar intentaba recordar las caricias del vino joven afrutado inundando su lengua al ritmo de las yemas de sus dedos sobre teclas de marfil, ingrávido, impotente, aterrado. Sólo el desvanecer del tiempo le llevó a olvidar sus sentidos, inmerso en el bellísimo resplandor azul de un fino cordón de plata.

[@ddbrady3787]

@04:00 the Deputies are not shouting "Tyrant." They are shouting "Death to Tyrants." Kind of a big difference.

[@welshpete12]

This is very well done , it is almost like being there as it happens !

[@tirantloblanch1]

3:26 there is a guy screaming "nombre,nombre" an infiltrate spanish jaja

[@Albiliuss]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@ssrmy1782]

If I could go back in time to witness any event, I would go back to see Robespierre & Saint Just on the guillotine

[@cds9901]

The subtitles are completely drunk

[@Skadi609]

Pas faux. À 2:34, le terme cupidité est traduit par "grief"(le chagrin, la douleur) alors qu'il aurait dû être traduit par "greed"(avidité, cupidité, avarice...). Sans parler des passages non traduits, mais on peut saluer l'effort😌

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

@@Skadi609 English?

[@yarpen26]

@@CoffeeSuccubus He said that the word for greed was translated into grief, also plenty of content was left untranslated at all.

[@Skadi609]

@@yarpen26 Thanks🙏. PS: I am she😉

[@Skadi609]

@@CoffeeSuccubus Roughly translated: "At 2:34[Actually 2:23], the term "cupidité" is translated as "grief" (sorrow, pain) when it should have been translated as greed(cupidity, avarice) . Not to mention untranslated passages, but we can applaud the effort. " Hope that clarifies everything 🙂

[@ErickHumboldt]

be aware that Robespierre is the extreme left in France

[@0tuc]

As many times I have watched this, I still wonder if Robespierre left his glasses on that podium.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

He did actually, yes.

[@asgaiyawaya3973]

I would like to think that the last thing that passed through Robespierre's head, other than that bullet and much later the guillatine, was maybe he went a little too far. Of course it wasn't a little but not the point. Ultimately he dug his own grave and got what he deserved.

[@luger666666]

FYI, the subtitles for the guy on the horse ( 7:15 to 7:33 ) are totally wrong. Here is what he says : 7:18 : "A bit of courage !" 7:23 : "Cheers, bastards !" 7:26 : "Get dressed !" 7:28 : "To the barricade !" 7:32 : "And long live the Republic !"

[@pistashioman993]

The sound Of the wheelchair at 1:00

[@paulvanatoru5164]

Eternă amintire pentru poporul francez care a schimbat istoria lumii !!!

[@markrdavis5368]

It is very interesting that during this period of tyranny in 1794 it was Danton on April 4th and the Robespierre and Saint Just and Coulthon on July 28th 1794. Beheaded and then heads raised to the people by Sansons crew. There must of been plenty of Head raising back the. Eugene Wiedman in 1939 and Christopher Lee was there who witnessed when he was 17. The public beheading and head raising. I believe the guillotine was last used in 1977 and abolished in 1981. Only Saudi Arabia is known for Public beheadings till this day. They are still head raising there.

[@reximingan9420]

Even the army hates Robiesppiere, shots were fired for thinking their fighting but its a faint and when the cannons turned towards the hotel, the real fighting begins.

[@florjanbrudar692]

Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris.

[@jamespatillo3742]

The theatrics in this scene are amazing

[@alexcorvuscazador5596]

Napoleon watching from the background with his men and cannons "WTF is going on?, guess I'll wait a bit more".

[@nickcara97]

“The blood of Danton chokes you.”

[@AKDGsonic]

well, I hear Vive la nation, the translation is vive le Robespierre, excellent

[@acidedeoxybonucleique6852]

(Vive Robespierre) Pas "le"

[@CEB1896]

The speaker of the convention, the person that said “I demand to know the names”, was himself responsible for the execution of 2000 individuals in a Lyon. He was later sent to French Guyana as punishment and died.

[@bradwinter25]

I disagree the head of the convention laggarre a friend of Danton he stayed in paris

[@bradwinter25]

That's lagrende

[@bradwinter25]

I know he was a friend of Danton after reading books and he was not sent to an island that's the man who was the head of the convention I believe three of the ones on the committee were sent to that penal colony

[@CEB1896]

@@bradwinter25 I’m referring to Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. He was the president of the national convention when this happened.

[@boshirahmed]

@@CEB1896 they are all murdered since they all knew the fake charges, they only wanted power, the king and queen were innocent of the charges..there was no legal reason to kill them.

[@tangocash7304]

I think Robespierre left his glasses behind. Not that he'll be needing them later.

[@BattleAxe1345]

Nothing would instill my confidence and moral more than seeing my commander shouting about orders in a drunken state.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

kek

[@mediocreman6323]

The moment when they turned the cannon around…

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Robespierre felt that his every word is like the word from God himself to the convention. He seems to not have mastered the art of staying cool or expecting a bad response with those shouts. In reality, he was stunned and speechless during that shout down. Well given the modern day politician, people like McCain, Hillary Clinton, Cameron, Putin or Like my country Lee Kuan Yew, their skin is so thick that they would shout back at you and call you a fraud or traitor and threaten arrest. The modern dictator is far worse than Robespierre who is a moral and upright human being himself. Although his decision making is not good and was wrong in some respects. But everyone can tell he was sincere about his work and that he does mean what he say and really believe in what he says. The modern leader is nothing but scum Machiavellian who could talk all day about something but behind close doors they're doing the entire opposite.

[@anilomd]

Constantine Joseph Interesting viewpoint.. I think the figure of Robespierre is fascinating.

[@Kelly14UK]

Constantine Joseph Your comment has an intelligence incisively put i understand and actually envy.

[@Kelly14UK]

anilomd Put it this way. The French Revolution and Napoleon are the most amazing pieces of history 1789 to 1821. Plus Damiens 1757.

[@raf221]

In reality, Robespierre did his speech fully, the assembly was ready to take down Robespierre. When Saint Just has wanted to speak, they cutted him. The speech of Saint just was saying to stop the killings. The ennemies of Robespierre were rich people and didnt like Robespierre because he gave French universal vote, a maximum price of bread and other laws to protect the poor. Robespierre was resigned and didn't want to fight anymore. His ennemies orchestrated the Terror and killed many innocents to blame it on Robespierre. After the death of Robespierre, the vote of the rich was promulgated, the law of the maximum abrogated, and a new government was set in place, week and undemocratic. Then Napoleon took all. Robespierre said it in this final speech."Laissez flotter un moment les rênes de la révolution, vous verrez le despotisme militaire s'en emparer" or "Let the reins of the revolution float for a moment, you will see military despotism seize it" He knew it the day before his death.

[@OfficialRapMV]

Don't you smear the name of Lee Kuan Yew. Traitor!

[@mitonaarea5856]

00:35 is this Robert de Niro???

[@banjiu10]

Who is the general on horse at 5:53? Is it François Hanriot? He is also executed together with Robespierre in Part 2.

[@viniciusmotta13]

yep, thats him

[@dude2499]

Robespierre: I have a list of traitors in our midst! Everyone: Who are they? Robespierre: …..that’s not important right now

[@darkman7009]

What i don't understand was robespierre really had the list of names, or he just bluffing? Also if he reveal the names list what would happen?

[@willday9316]

Goscinny and Gotlib speculated that if Robespierre was alive in the 1960s, his favorite tv show would have been The Untouchables.

[@yolainebouteiller2438]

Robespierre ...et le goût du sang... Finalement on récolte toujours ce que l'on sème 😂😂😂

[@HundreadD]

This scene in the Convention very cleverly parallels the one earlier in the movie when the Girondins were all rounded up and arrested, especially with the whole "des noms" thing. A nice piece of directing for this movie, shame the rest of it isn't exactly up to this standard, but only decent

[@ElderNerwal]

Ce passage sur le 9 Thermidor semble à la fois manquer d'exactitude historique et de profondeur dramatique. Fusionner ainsi les événements du 8 et du 9 Thermidor laisse à penser que la mise en accusation de Robespierre fut un mouvement d'indignation spontanée devant ses accusations volontairement vagues; or rien ne saurait être plus éloignée de la vérité. En choisissant de focaliser exclusivement sur les destins de Danton et Robespierre, le film perd la pluralité et la complexité qui font la caractéristique principale de la Révolution Française; ici, où sont l'attitude théâtrale de Tallien à la tribune pour sauver la femme qu'il aime, le silence énigmatique de Saint-Just, les huées qui accueillirent Collot et Billaud aux Jacobins, les intrigues sourdes et frénétiques de Fouché pour sauver sa tête, la solidarité désespérée de Le Bas et Augustin Robespierre, les ambiguïtés de Barère ? Par soucis de simplifier, le rôle du club des Jacobins et de la Commune de Paris sont gommés plus que de raison tout au long du film; et on garde l'impression que la résistance de Robespierre n'était que de principe, alors qu'en vérité l'incertitude était grande jusque tard dans la nuit du 9 au 10; Robespierre ne manquait pas de soutiens, mais ils ont été mal utilisés.

[@Stalysfa]

Je suppose que le réalisateur avait la même vision de la révolution que moi. Peut être que tu n'es pas d'accord avec moi (et c'est tout à fait ton droit), mais la révolution est selon moi libérale jusqu'à ce que les montagnards volent la révolution pour en faire le bain de sang que l'on connait. Robespierre est pour moi l'un de ces destructeurs de la bonne révolution. Je sais que beaucoup de personnes défendent Robespierre et l'histoire n'est pas toujours une science exacte. Alors il est normal de ne pas être d'accord, mais je pense profondément que Robespierre était un homme terriblement mauvais et qu'il a contribué à détruire tout ce que les premiers révolutionnaires avaient mis en place. Pour "défendre" la république, il a instigué, ou au moins participé, le meurtre de milliers de personnes parce qu'ils pensaient différemment. Pour en revenir au film, je suppose que le réalisateur avait une très mauvais opinion de Robespierre. Et peut-être que ça l'a influencé dans la réalisation du film. Je ne vois pas vraiment d'autres explications.

[@theomazan5935]

Stalysfa Vous ne connaissez rien de Robespierre, l'homme et sa vie. Comment peut-on oser écrire de telles inepties ? Il a participé au meurtre de milliers de personnes "parce qu'elles pensaient différemment", dites-vous ? Où, quand ? Seuls les tribunaux révolutionnaires, les commissions populaires et les juridictions militaires étaient habilités à condamner quelqu'un à mort. Or Robespierre n'était membre d'aucune de ces institutions. Aussi, contrairement à votre mensonge, celles-ci ne condamnaient pas pour des délits d'opinions, mais pour des actes de rébellion ou de haute trahison contre une jeune démocratie en danger de mort. Les morts n'étaient que de la racaille, des félons, des assassins, des royalistes, pris les armes à la main. La Terreur, c'est un régime mis en place pour défendre les Droits de l'Homme face à tout ces monstres. J'en veux pour preuve, de l'avis même du Président de Comité de Sûreté Générale, Vadier, on ne trouvait pas un accusé sur quatre-vingt que l'on envoyait au Tribunal Révolutionnaire qui ne soit pas un traître. Robespierre, l'incorruptible, était le meilleur des hommes, l'héraut de la démocratie, le champion des droits du genre humain. Lisez ses discours, ils sont sublimes ; ils portent l'espoir à tous les malheureux et la crainte à tous les persécuteurs. Je me fais gloire d'honorer la mémoire de ce génie, de le défendre face à toutes les attaques perfides et perverses, dont la votre. Ernest

[@Stalysfa]

Ernest Chabert C'est là qu'on voit la puissance de KZbin. On tente d'être poli pour exposer son point de vue et on se retrouve à être accusé d'ignorance. Je vais faire court, vous savez très probablement que les tribunaux révolutionnaires étaient aux mains du gouvernement, lui même, aux mains de Robespierre et sa clique. je doute que Hebert ou encore Desmoulins étaient des traîtres...

[@theomazan5935]

Stalysfa Le Tribunal Révolutionnaire était une juridiction nécessaire pour apporter dans le cœur de tous les ennemis du peuple la terreur afin de les neutraliser, le temps de les confondre et de les éliminer. Hébert et Desmoulins étaient les chefs de deux factions rivales qui compromettaient l'action salutaire du gouvernement révolutionnaire ; l'une par ses excès et sa démagogie, l'autre par son modérantisme et son indulgence excessive avec les traîtres ainsi qu'avec la coalition des tyrans. Les deux étaient l'émanation d'une conspiration qui menaçait de ruiner les efforts gigantesques pour la liberté et l'indépendance de la France entrepris par la Convention et la jeune et héroïque armée républicaine. Je termine avec une de mes citations préférées de Robespierre : "Mais elle existe, je vous en atteste, âmes sensibles et pures ; elle existe, cette passion tendre, impérieuse, irrésistible, tourment et délices des cœurs magnanimes, cette horreur profonde de la tyrannie, ce zèle compatissant pour les opprimés, cet amour sacré de la patrie, cet amour plus sublime et plus saint de l'humanité, sans lequel une grande révolution n'est qu'un crime éclatant qui détruit un autre crime. Elle existe, cette ambition généreuse de fonder sur la terre la première République du monde." Magnifique et émouvant, n'est-ce pas ?

[@Stalysfa]

Ernest Chabert Pas vraiment non. C'est amusant, d'abord, de constater à quel point le mot "traître" est utilisé à toutes les sauces. Il suffisait d'être un partisan de l'état de droit et du respect de la déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789 pour être considéré comme un modéré donc un traître. C'est quand même fort de considérer des gens brillant comme Desmoulins être considéré comme une émanation de complotistes visant à détruire tout ce qui avait été construit alors même qu'ils étaient les instigateurs de cette révolution. Ça me fait penser au procès grotesque de Danton où il était accusé de vouloir renverser la république alors que c'était lui qui l'avait crée... En réalité, le seul crime de personnes comme Desmoulins était simplement de vouloir une république comme celle d'aujourd'hui où l'état de droit est respecté et où la justice n'est pas expéditive et truquée comme sous Robespierre. A mon humble avis, Robespierre avait deux problèmes majeurs. Le premier était qu'il avait pour ambition de vouloir apporter le bonheur au peuple alors qu'il ne le connaissait pas. Il était déconnecté du peuple, ignorait totalement toute sa nature . Son deuxième problème est, je crois, que le pouvoir l'a rendu fou. Sa politique de la terreur est selon moi révélateur d'une paranoïa. Je finirais sur une chose. Non, les moyens ne justifient pas la fin dans la plupart des cas. Tuer, massacrer, torturer des traîtres ou des gens juste suspectés de traîtrise n'est en aucun cas justifiable. Robespierre, dans sa volonté de sauver la république a détruit tout ce dont nos ancêtres s'était battus. Nous voulions la liberté, il nous a donné la terreur. Enfin, je suis un républicain, je ne peux pas imaginer une seule seconde que l'on puisse vivre sous un monarchie. Je suis athée, je n'aime pas la religion, je pense qu'on vivrait mieux sans. Cependant, je suis Vendéen, descendant de "rebelles". Mes ancêtres ont été massacrés simplement parce qu'ils voulaient défendre leur foi catholique contre une république qui voulait régir leur vie. La république a mis en place un génocide contre les vendéens. Elle a tué près de 170 000 personnes sur une population de 800 000 personnes. Robespierre était au courant à travers les rapports de l'armée et a tu cette affaire, pire, il a donné des ordres de destruction de la Vendée. On retrouve différentes notes du comité de salut public donnant l'ordre à des généraux comme Thureau de tuer tout le monde en Vendée. De détruire la région entièrement. La république a inventé tous les moyens modernes de destruction d'un peuple. Elle a mis en place des fours crématoires (fours à pain), des tanneries de peaux humaines, des noyades massives dans le "bassin national", un camp d'extermination à Noirmoutier. Ils ont même pensé à tenter de gazer la population... Bref, la révolution de 1789 était une grande et belle révolution. Celle de 1792 était un carnage qui a tout détruit. Il fallait faire la république mais autrement qu'en détruisant tout...

[@CALZOLA]

At 3:48 "Why go on living where truth and lies are indivisible" (not "invisible")

[@latter-daysaintbatman2679]

*You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain*-Harvey Dent aka Two Face. Robespierre's case: *You either die accused by a hypocritical tyrant or you turn against the tyrannical accuser to save your own skin*

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

Accused of BEING a hypocritical tyrant******

[@Janon48]

2:52 “I’m about to pull what’s called a pro gamer move”

[@kettch777]

So, essentially he said that there are enemies in the Committees and the Convention, who stand against me and that he will fight. But he refuses to name them and allow them to defend themselves. He's essentially saying he is going to start arresting people and having them executed but won't say who or name specifics. A Reign of Terror. And he is announcing that essentially there are targets among the people there but not say who. Which is why they started demanding to know who and when he wouldn't say (likely because he hadn't decided yet who was the largest threats to his power,) they called him a tyrant and declared him a traitor.

[@Yaguara]

C'est d'ailleurs Billaud qui rapporte cette citation de Robespierre lorsqu'il lui a proposé de sacrifier Danton : « La première fois que je dénonçai Danton au Comité, Robespierre se leva comme un furieux, en disant qu'il voyait mes intentions, que je voulais perdre les meilleurs patriotes»

[@TenorMan96]

3:10 When it’s dinner and the food at your table doesn’t arrive yet and you been waiting for 10 minutes

[@Sam_Leviathanexe]

THE FOOD! * the peeps start saying the food *