La Révolution française (film) - Quiz
La Révolution française film
  • 1. How many years did the production of the film take?
A) Three years
B) Two years
C) Four years
D) Five years
  • 2. What was the approximate cost of the film in US dollars?
A) $50,000,000
B) $10,000,000
C) $25,000,000
D) $100,000,000
  • 3. What was the film's approximate budget equivalent in 2025?
A) $75,250,111
B) $50,000,000
C) $200,500,000
D) $129,865,772
  • 4. Which government provided extensive support for the film's production?
A) German government
B) French government
C) American government
D) British government
  • 5. What superlative applied to the film in France at the time of its production?
A) Most profitable French film
B) Longest French film
C) Most controversial French film
D) Most expensive French film
  • 6. How is the film generally considered by historians regarding its content?
A) Purely fictional
B) Historically accurate
C) Historically inaccurate
D) Pro-monarchy propaganda
  • 7. Which executioner was shown executing both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the film?
A) The younger Sanson
B) Henri Sanson
C) The executioner of Paris
D) Charles-Henri Sanson
  • 8. Who actually executed Louis XVI in real life?
A) The elder Sanson
B) The National Guard
C) The son of Sanson
D) Robespierre
  • 9. Who actually executed Marie-Antoinette in real life according to the text?
A) The son of Charles-Henri Sanson
B) Louis XVI
C) Charles-Henri Sanson
D) An anonymous citizen
  • 10. Did Charles-Henri Sanson attend the execution of Marie-Antoinette in real life?
A) He was imprisoned
B) Yes
C) He refused to attend
D) No
  • 11. What flaw did some critics point out regarding the film's tone?
A) Its extreme bias
B) Its pro-monarchy stance
C) Its neutrality
D) Its anti-French sentiment
  • 12. What did the film's neutrality result in?
A) A lack of point of view and some incoherence
B) Great commercial success
C) Unanimous praise from all critics
D) A completely flawless narrative
  • 13. What was criticized about the first part of the film?
A) Excessive length
B) Bad costumes
C) Disjointed pacing
D) Poor acting
  • 14. What subject did the first part of the film deal with?
A) A simple love story
B) A complex historical subject
C) A modern political debate
D) Fictional characters
  • 15. How was the second part of the film considered by audiences and critics?
A) Too short
B) Boring and slow
C) More gripping and dramatic
D) Confusing and incoherent
  • 16. Who received great praise for portraying Louis XVI?
A) Sanson
B) Seweryn
C) Charles-Henri
D) Balmer
  • 17. How was Louis XVI portrayed in the film according to the critical reception?
A) Rather sympathetic
B) Cruel and tyrannical
C) Weak and cowardly
D) Completely heartless
  • 18. Who was considered very convincing as Robespierre?
A) Seweryn
B) Sanson
C) The elder Sanson
D) Balmer
  • 19. Was the film commercially successful in France?
A) No
B) Yes
C) It broke box office records
D) It made a massive profit
  • 20. What is the runtime of the full version of the film La Révolution française?
A) 240 minutes
B) 420 minutes
C) 360 minutes
D) 180 minutes
  • 21. For which anniversary of the French Revolution was the film co-produced?
A) 200th anniversary
B) 250th anniversary
C) 150th anniversary
D) 100th anniversary
  • 22. What was the budget of the film La Révolution française?
A) FRF 100 million
B) FRF 500 million
C) FRF 300 million
D) FRF 150 million
  • 23. Who directed the first part of the film, titled 'les Années lumière'?
A) Jean-Luc Godard
B) Richard T. Heffron
C) Robert Enrico
D) François Truffaut
  • 24. Who directed the second part of the film, titled 'les Années terribles'?
A) Claude Chabrol
B) Robert Enrico
C) Richard T. Heffron
D) Luc Besson
  • 25. Which finance minister's resignation and return to Switzerland worsens the situation in Part I?
A) Maximilien Robespierre
B) Georges Danton
C) Jean-Paul Marat
D) Jacques Necker
  • 26. Who heads the Bastille prison's garrison on 14 July 1789?
A) Jacques Necker
B) Maximilian Robespierre
C) Marquis de Launay
D) Marquis de Lafayette
  • 27. What song do the revolutionaries dance around Launay's head to in celebration?
A) La Marseillaise
B) God Save the Queen
C) Ça Ira
D) La Carmagnole
  • 28. Which inventor meets with Louis XVI to work out the final design for the guillotine?
A) Denis Papin
B) Montgolfier brothers
C) Antoine Lavoisier
D) Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
  • 29. Where is the Fête de la Fédération held?
A) Bastille
B) Versailles Palace
C) Champ de Mars
D) Tuileries Palace
  • 30. Where does the royal family attempt to flee, disguised as servants?
A) England
B) Spain
C) Austrian Netherlands
D) Switzerland
  • 31. In which town is the royal family identified by an innkeeper after fleeing Paris?
A) Nancy
B) Varennes
C) Valmy
D) Bastille
  • 32. Who is the Mayor of Paris who is forced to declare martial law?
A) Georges Danton
B) Jean-Paul Marat
C) Jean Sylvain Bailly
D) Maximilien Robespierre
  • 33. What new song do French soldiers discover and sing as they resume marching to the front?
A) La Carmagnole
B) Le Chant du Départ
C) La Marseillaise
D) God Save the Queen
  • 34. Where do Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the nobility seek refuge on 10 August?
A) Champ de Mars
B) National Assembly meeting place
C) Bastille
D) Hôtel de Ville
  • 35. At the Battle of Valmy on 20 September, French forces fight and emerge victorious over which army?
A) Prussian forces
B) Spanish forces
C) British forces
D) Russian forces
  • 36. On what date is Louis XVI executed at the scaffold?
A) 10 August
B) 21 January
C) 16 October
D) 14 July
  • 37. Who is given the task of tutoring Louis XVI's son, Louis Charles, after the King's death?
A) Citizen Danton
B) Citizen Hébert
C) Citizen Simon
D) Citizen Robespierre
  • 38. Who stabs Jean-Paul Marat while he is writing in his bathtub?
A) Madame Roland
B) Marie Antoinette
C) Charlotte Corday
D) Lucile Desmoulins
  • 39. On what date is Marie Antoinette executed?
A) July 14, 1789
B) January 21, 1793
C) June 8, 1794
D) October 16, 1793
  • 40. Which revolutionary leader denounces Danton, accusing him of treason and having betrayed the Revolution?
A) Marat
B) Robespierre
C) Bailly
D) Hébert
  • 41. Who holds the Festival of the Supreme Being on 8 June 1794?
A) Lafayette
B) Hébert
C) Robespierre
D) Danton
  • 42. Where do Robespierre and his supporters take refuge after the Convention turns against him?
A) Versailles Palace
B) Bastille
C) Hôtel de Ville, Paris
D) Tuileries Palace
  • 43. How does Robespierre sustain his jaw injury before his arrest?
A) He is struck by a guard's musket butt
B) He is hit by a stone thrown by the crowd
C) He accidentally shoots himself in the jaw
D) He is stabbed by Charlotte Corday
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