In this exclusive documentary, director Andrzej Wajda and longtime Polish film critic Jerzy Plazeski talk about the making of DANTON, the reaction of the French, and interpretations of the film as a statement on Polish politics and Solidarity movement.
Working with a subject as intensely studied as the French Revolution, and with a director who was not French, scriptwriter Jean-Claude Carrière knew he was walking into sensitive territory with DANTON. In this interview recorded in 2009 Carrière describes how he navigated that intellectual mine f...