The French Revolution (History Channel) |  | Director: Doug Shultz
Actors: Edward Herrmann, George Ivascu, Rodica Lazar, Tomi Cristin, Phillip Levine
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 0.5 x 5.5
MPN: AAE-71849
ISBN: 0767078896
UPC: 733961718492
EAN: 9780767078894
ASIN: B0007GP836
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 2005
Release Date: March 29, 2005
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| • | On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder, and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. Wi |
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On July 14 1789 a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism war murder and carnage followed bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. With dramatic reenactments illustrations and paintings from the era plus revealing accounts from journals and expert commentary from historians THE FRENCH REVOLUTION vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence discontent and fundamental change. King Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Maximilien Robespierre and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands in this essential program from THE HISTORY CHANNEL®.Narrated by Edward Herrmann (The Aviator Gilmore Girls) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION explores the legacy that--now more than ever--stands as both a warning and a guidepost to a new millennium.System Requirements: Running Time 100 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 733961718492 Manufacturer No: AAE-71849
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 Better than average - good for a survey course or personal development March 13, 2010
La Profesora (Big South)
This documentary serves as a very good overview of the Revolution - starting with the marriage of Louis and Marie Antoinette and ending with the death of Robespierre. If you're looking for something in depth, this ain't it. However, if you just want the general order of things, it's well worth the price. I see no use for this in a full course on the Revolution, but it should be helpful (at least Chapters 6-11) for a quick lesson on the great revolution.
The DVD doesn't include a menu card, so here's a layout of the DVD: Ch 1 - Political Alliances is runs 0-10:25 and covers a stupidly brief intro, Versailles, wedding of Louis and MA and the lack of an immediate heir. Ch 2 - The Enlightenment (10:26-15:15) too brief to be of any use, but does talk about Louis' first meeting with Robespierre which is a real gem! This also talks about the American Revolution and the French Response. Ch 3 - Mme Deficit (15:16-19:57) Marie Antoinette's spending sprees. Ch 4 - Financial Crisis (19:58-26:25) Financial reforms, harsh winter, food riots, first meeting of the Estates General. Ch 5 - To the Bastille (26:26-30:10) Paris essentially goes nuclear. Ch 6 - The People's Friend (30:11 - 39:45) Declaration of Rights of Man, constitutional monarchy, women breaking into palace. Ch 7 - Foreign Assistance (39:46-49:27) Austria and Prussia make moves on France; royal family's attempted escape. Ch 8 - Death of the King (59:13-1:10:09). Ch 9 - Noble Blood (59:13 - 1:10:09) Importance and murder of Marat...fyi, best film coverage of this event I've ever seen! Ch 10 - Defending the Border(1:10:10 - 1:19:05) fall of the Church in France, foreign intervention. Ch 11 Civic Virtue (1:19:06 - 1:29:42) Robespierre's meteoric final rise...and then crash, cult of Reason, influence on other nations (this bit entirely too short).
Good supplement or introduction to the subject January 30, 2010
N. Leviton (USA)
This video did just what I hoped it would: it gave my teenagers in AP European History an overview of the subject. There's a lot to the French Revolution, of course, and it can be hard to grasp the whole scope of it at once. The History Channel did a good job of presenting the whole thing, though with the usual looping and reusing of video bits (eg, you see the same legs storming Versailles a lot of times). It did a good job of unifying the whole era in the person of Robespierre, showing that he started out wanting favor from the king, had the king beheaded, and ended up a failed suicide, going to the guillotine himself. I thought it presented all of the people and issues involved clearly. This is a good resource for students who are just beginning to study the French Revolution, or who want a review.
An Interesting Bauble January 22, 2010
Nicholas Stark (Philadelphia)
Of the many shows I have seen on the History Channel, this is easily the best, as was one of my earliest introductions to the subject, which came to be one of my main areas of research. The musical score is fantastic (I enjoyed it so much that I purchased the soundtrack separately as well), and it was fascinating to see the events portrayed live by a group of skilled reenactors. However, the only reason I did not give this show the full 5 stars is the failing of the show, towards the latter half, to maintain an even handed balance on bias. Obviously history will always have a bias, but the attempt to show alternate biases weakened. First of all, the early patriots seemed to be made into more progressive or liberal than they actually had been. Then the show is highly sympathetic to both Louis Capet and Antoinette, the former throughout the whole and the latter for the second half of the program. But more disappointing was the portrayal of Robespierre as a monumental figure throughout the whole show, when in reality he had no real power until the Committee of Public Safety, and moreover the lack of any attempt to make sense out of the Terror, making it appear almost random or as the product of Robespierre's ideology alone. I am not saying they had to necessarily be sympathetic to the Terror, but they did not even try to dispel the myth that Robespierre was the source of the movement or explain the extremity of the situation or the pressure from the Paris Commune and insurrectionist forces that actually invaded the National Convention and called for more extreme measures. While I realize that the program must be limited in scope due to severe time restrictions, but nevertheless a bit more effort to provide possibly explanations could have been exerted. Nevertheless, it was a terrific production, and I would still recommend it both for the personal viewer and amateur historian as well as for an introductory tool for the classroom.
Great for entertainment but horrible for the classroom January 12, 2010
fairie girl (Austin, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this to preview for my World History class. There is an abundance of nudity so it is not suitable for the classroom. I was able to add information from what I viewed to my lecture to make it entertaining but I wish History Channel would make clean versions for the classroom.
 The French Revolution DVD December 31, 2009
Xuan Lan V. Luu (San Jose, CA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this DVD long time ago but didn't open it until yesterday when it was given to a friend and I opened it and tried to play but no sound or sometimes we could hear a not clear voice but mostly we couldn't hear anything. it's not a good product.
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