Madame Guillotine

Madame Guillotine

84 mins | History | Nov. 12, 1916

“Madame Tallien” (1916) depicts the libertine life and loves of the eponymous decadent aristocrat, an important activist who was ahead of her time in deciding to make both love and war before, during and after the French Revolution . She even caused Robespierre to lose his head (literally) because of her.

Madame Guillotine

84 mins | History | Nov. 12, 1916

Madame Guillotine
“Madame Tallien” (1916) depicts the libertine life and loves of the eponymous decadent aristocrat, an important activist who was ahead of her time in deciding to make both love and war before, during and after the French Revolution . She even caused Robespierre to lose his head (literally) because of her.
Producers
Original title Madame Tallien
Directors Enrico Guazzoni, Mario Caserini
Writers Victorien Sardou, Enrico Guazzoni

Cast

Lyda Borelli

as Madame Tallien

Renzo Fabiani

as Robespierre

Amleto Novelli

as Tallien

Ettore Baccani

as Fontenay

Ruggero Barni

as Guery