This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
- 'Robert Hossein' (qv) was choosen as the director of the movie until he
asked for another year and a half before starting to shoot. Producer
'Raymond Danon' (qv) then turned to 'Pierre Granier-Deferre' (qv) because
the film was scheduled for the 300th anniversary of the French revolution
and 'Ute Lemper' (qv) was only free for the period set.
- The movie script is based entirely on the proceedings' minutes of the trial
of Marie-Antoinette.
 
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