"Director Enrico Guazzoni" "Taken from the eponymous drama of Victorien Sardou" "The present film has been constructed utilising the following material:" "Original nitrate negative, edited, without intertitles and carrying, on the borders, details of tinting." "Conserved at the Cineteca Italiana of Milan" "A positive nitrate copy of the time, coloured, and with French captions, conserved at the Cinématèque Française." "Various non-filmic materials, among which, a brochure of the time discovered by Vittorio Martinelli." "As with the negative, so the positive." "Parts have suffered from decay." "The original film of 08/11/1916 measured 1,855 metres" "The present print measures 1,770 metres." "PROLOGUE (1789)" "A reception at the house of Madame Vigée-Lebrun" "The famous painter has just finished the portrait of her young friend the beautiful TERESIA, Marquise de Fontenay." "The young printer Jean LAMBERT TALLIEN takes the page proof to the well-known journalist RIVAROL." "A nobleman, to amuse himself at the young worker's expense asks him for his opinion on the painting and TALLIEN does not hide his thoughts" "It's a nice portrait but it's lifeless." "The artist wasn't able to convey the ardour which is concealed under model's outward languor." "Madam, I hope to meet you again when I become a man at whom you can't laugh anymore." "Below, the revolutionary nimbus was radiating on the people." "While the aristocracy forgets, in social frivolities, the gravity of the moment..." "A menacing echo comes up from the street..." "We want bread" "The fiery youth of Jean GUERY scorning with vehemence the popular fury seduces the burning and romantic heart of TERESIA." "So as to avoid the turmoil in the capital" "The Marquis de Fontenay retires with his young wife to his rich country estate." "Our guests have just arrived." "On the outskirts of Paris, the revolutionary ferment is at its peak." "An idyll of THEOCRITUS on the scenography of WATTEAU." "I married the Marquis without loving him;" "gambler and libertine, my husband didn't try anything to win my heart." "While his guests surrender to innocent pastoral fantasies..." "The husband of the beautiful TERESIA is surprised while courting a housemaid." "Publicly insulted TERESIA tells her husband that there is no longer anything in common between them." "The revolutionary lightning has flared up." "... And the people are in uproar." "Threatening the throne and all the aristocrats." "Whole families are emigrating." "Flee before the storm bursts..." "The storming of the Bastille" "END OF PROLOGUE 1793 Four years later" "TALLIEN Member of the Public Welfare Committee" "ROBESPIERRE The undisputed leader of the Revolution" "Dressed as a Sans-culotte THE UNSEIZABLE, a counter-revolutionary gets into Robespierre's study." "And..." "Once again Jean GUERY defies the guillotine." "ROBESPIERRE enters." "Tremble, you bloodthirsty beast!" "We will give the Boy King his throne again and your head will fall by your own axe." "Envious of Tallien's popularity Robespierre sends him to Bordeaux to suppress the royalist reaction." "TERESIA has obtained a divorce." "Not feeling safe in Paris, she moves to Bordeaux." "A letter foretells the immanent arrival of Jean GUERY who discovered the refuge of the woman he loves..." "Despite the risk he is taking, he wants to see you..." "The follower of The Terror, supporters of the Guillotine" "TALLIEN and the Government's commissioners arrive in Bordeaux." "To exhibit his zeal for the Republic" "TALLIEN immediately signs the first arrests." "How people made fun of the police in 1793..." "Caring not about death which threatens them closely" "JEAN and TERESIA think of nothing but their love." "Tallien's condescending attitude provokes the first discontent among Robespierre's supporters especially DESFIEUX, the powerful Head of Police." "Here are the enemies of the Republic whom you must sentence to the guillotine." "TALLIEN, do you no longer remember us?" "These two men will remain under my protection" "Jean GUERY continues to defy DESFIEUX's policemen." "ROBESPIERRE's officers accuse TALLIEN of provoking, with his weakness in taking measures, the audacious deeds of the Unseizable." "Kind-hearted people, stand out against the sacrilege and the buffoonery of these misers." "Down with the Republic!" "Long live the King!" "Robespierre hates me." "I know, and he has charged you to watch over me." "Go tell him that the affront of this Jean Guéry will cause many heads to roll." "Incited by the Unseizable the Royalists secretly organize a great conspiracy." "The Unseizable!" "Dictator Tallien has chosen the charming laundress Vidaillon to embody the goddess of REASON at the revolutionary festival." "Now you can run away from me no more." "The Goddess' morning." "The Goddess' reason immersed in wine." "The Goddess of Reason is awaited." "DESFIEUX leads his followers on The Unseizable's trail." "The crowd heckles noisily under Teresia's windows." "You have hidden a dangerous criminal, and will pay with the guillotine." "...meanwhile TALLIEN was looking for a new Goddess of Reason." "TERESIA, the woman who hid the Unseizable." "Do you remember Vigée-Lebrun's salon?" "My poor criticism of which you then made fun." "I have never forgotten you." "Here is the Unseizable." "He?" "The Unseizable?" "That man is none other than my ex-husband, the Marquis de Fontenay, who had returned from America to see me." "If you really wish me to be happy, free me from this importunate husband." "Expel him, please!" "And have him vanish from my life!" "The impatient people rebel and, by destroying everything, invoke the Goddess of Reason whereas you enjoy being a gentleman with a..." "The sacrifice to the cult..." "The Goddess of Reason:" "HERE SHE COMES!" "The Goddess' triumphal chariot." "The allegorical Temple of Reason." "Two months later, TERESIA reigns supreme over TALLIEN'S heart and uses her influence to persuade him to clemency." "She has already managed to save more than one head and so she receives requests from many royalists." "If you love me, as you claim, save these wretched people." "TALLIEN must rush to Paris to justify himself to Robespierre." "The meeting at Caffe Vénus." "It is better not to return to Bordeaux." "Of what do you accuse me?" "I accuse you not." "I give only advice." "Madam." "Jean GUERY asks after you." "In order to quieten the suspicions of moderation hanging over him," "Robespierre redoubles his ardour and increases the executions." "Tallien, oppressed by Robespierre's secret hostility, confides his fears to Teresia, who encourages him to stand up to the Dictator." "Tonight we could meet at Paroy's where we can encounter friends." "Will you come?" "Jean" "Ah, that's TERESIA, TALLIEN'S well-known friend." "We will try to find out through her..." "A polite conversation which conceals a deadly duel." "Count Paroy, pardoned in Bordeaux by Tallien receives the plotters at his house in Paris." "A meeting has been arranged for tonight." "Join me." "We shall rule France together." " No, I could never do it..." " So, you hate me, citizen?" " No, I do not hate you, but I fear you." "The odour of the blood you shed frightens me." "Reckless!" "This marks your sentence and Tallien's too." " TALLIEN, every day a new conspiracy, a new one for every reprieve you sign." " Give me the report and you'll see what my Clemency is." "At Count Paroy's, the plotters." "Attention!" "We are lost, my friends." "Robespierre is my mortal enemy and I am certain he has followed me all the way." "Defend your freedom with this dagger." "TERESIA, you here?" " Let go this woman." "I'll take care of her." " Citizen, ROBESPIERRE'S order is strict." "This woman too will have to go with us." "Watch out!" "This woman's life is sacred." "Woe betide you if you dare touch her." "Tallien, shattered, obtains from Fouquier-Thionville, attorney general that his sentence be delayed by four days." "At the Carmelites' prison." "Love is stronger than death;" "Jean and Teresia think only of the sweetness of meeting again." "The promise of Eternal Love" "The representatives' appeal to the grisly call." "The Marquis de Fontenay" " And I, TERESIA GABARRUS who has been arrested together with these gentlemen?" " Your name is not on my list, citizen." "Full of love, TERESIA'S generous heart, rebels at the idea that Jean will face his death alone." "TALLIEN obtains, at high price, from the prison guard a secret visit to TERESIA." " Today's condemned have already been summoned." " When Robespierre, whom I insulted, doesn't find my name on the list he will write it himself." "If you do not kill the tyrant tonight" "I shall be guillotined tomorrow." "Swear that you will be mine and I swear to you" "I shall bring ROBESPIERRE down;" "or else die." "TERESIA, with her heart in torment, loses her happiness for love of Jean." "The Revolutionary Court" "On the threshold of my death, I assert my identity." "I am Jean GUERY the one you call" "THE UNSEIZABLE." "The day before the clash of 9 Thermidor." "TALLIEN prepares his closing speech." "The historic session of the Convention when the Terror was supposed to subside." "Robespierre's supporters are being ferociously opposed." "Billaud is scaling the stand." "The Jacobins are the ones who want to slaughter the Convention." "It will die if it proves to be frail." "Excitement is at its peak." "The gallery rings with the cries:" "'Death to the traitors!" "' 'Long live the Convention!" "'" "ROBESPIERRE feels the ground shaking under his feet." "'I ask for permission to speak'" "SAINT-JUST tries to overturn the outcome of the debate despite the rising hostility of the Assembly." "TALLIEN, who senses the danger, once again prevents SAINT-JUST from speaking." "I speak to you, honest men, and not to that bunch of murderers." "Free men, are you still willing to suffer the despotism of ROBESPIERRE?" "We must bring the tyrant down." "TALLIEN'S flamboyant gesture electrifies the Assembly." "From all sides, shouts which demand the arrest." "ROBESPIERRE rushes to the stand." "But the chairman, COLLOT d'ARBOIS, is unable to restore order." "For the last time, chairman of the murderers," "I ask permission to speak." " The Republic is lost." "Brigands are triumphing." "I..." "I..." " It's DANTON'S blood that's choking you." "Commit him for trial..." "Have him arrested..." "Before the court..." "Before the court." "Hours go by, TERESIA'S anxiety increases." "Robespierre, Couthon, Saint-Just, Le Bas with other followers have taken refuge at The Hôtel de Ville." "...while Henriot, leading of a group of town police tries to stir up the Sans-culottes to help the tyrant..." "BARRAS, with troops remaining faithful to the Convention, has invaded The Hôtel de Ville." "Gendarme Méda arrests ROBESPIERRE and wounds him with a gun shot." "Meanwhile the execution of GUERY takes its own course.." "News about the tyrant's death spreads rapidly." "The people, freed from the tyrant's ghost, take by storm the fatal carts." "ROBESPIERRE has refused to sign the appeal for insurrection which could have saved him." "A doctor, quick!" "He's bleeding to death... and the people demand his head." "The Convention, incited by FOUQET, declares the accused's indictment illegal and refuses to try them." "ROBESPIERRE listens to his sentence." "Between the yelling and shouting of the crowd" "ROBESPIERRE undergoes his ordeal." "The tyrant is toppled..." "Long live the People..." "And the prisons, by popular acclaim, hand over the condemned." " Jean GUERY, where is he?" " He is safe!" "The sacrifice has been consummated!" "TERESIA, faithful to her promise, with tormented heart, will become MADAME TALLIEN." "In those days, the grateful people had already given her a name and this is how they cheer her:" "Long live Our Lady of Thermidor!" "The tinting of this film has been reconstructed following a process developed by Noël Desmet of the Cinématèque Belge" "The reconstruction was supervised by Gian Luca Farinelli with the collaboration of Valerio Cocchi." "The restoration was carried out by Immagine Ritrovata" "Bologna, June 1995" "English subtitles:" "marooned2  corvusalbus, 2013"