
The French Revolution
The Revolution will be televised!
Step into the tumultuous world of 18th century France and meet the characters whose fates will collide and forever change the course of history…
Louis XVI, the weak-willed King; his reviled wife Marie Antoinette; the bloodthirsty journalist, Jean-Paul Marat; and the man who would ultimately be consumed by the fires of his own revolution: Maximilien Robespierre. Shot on location in France and Romania, this sumptuous, two-hour film takes viewers from the gilded courts of Versailles to the chaotic streets of Paris where, in the shadow of the guillotine, a new republic will be born in blood – the blood of THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
- Produced and Directed by
- Doug Shultz
- Written by
- Doug Shultz
- Hilary Sio
- Thomas Emil
- Co-producer
- Sandya Viswanathan
- Cinematography
- Alex Sterian
- Peter Schnall
- Editors
- Mark Fason
- Molly McKinley
- Mako Kamitsuna
- Original Music
- Gary Pozner, Whirled Music
- Supervising Producer
- Hilary Sio
- Coordinating Producers
- Tina Ver
- Whitney Johnson
- Narrator
- Edward Hermann
- Archival Research
- Georgina Crawford
- Executive Producers
- Peter Schnall
- Hilary Sio
- Location Manager
- Christian Comeaga, Domino Films, Romania
- Sandrine Dumas, Froggie Productions, France
- —For the History Channel—
- Executive Producer
- Beth Dietrich-Segarra
- Genre Online, January, 2005
- "This is undoubtedly must-see thinking person’s TV."
- The New York Times, January 17, 2005
- "A well-done overview of what a talking-head expert calls 'the most important event in Western history.' This is an intelligent production, enlivened by little human dramas like the king and queen's near-escape from France in 1791, disguised as servants."
- Telly Award, 2006
- Bronze Winner