A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
| Directing | Robert Enrico | Director |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | François Catonné | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Daniel Boulanger | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Enrico | Screenplay |
| Writing | David Ambrose | Screenplay |
| Camera | Bernard Zitzermann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Patricia Nény | Editor |
| Editing | Peter Hollywood | Editor |
| Editing | Martine Barraqué | Editor |
| Editing | Anne Baronnet | Editor |
| Directing | Richard T. Heffron | Director |
| Art | Gérard Daoudal | Production Design |
| Art | Jean-Claude Gallouin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Leterrier | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Caseneuve | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandrine Coraux | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Françoise Fichette | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Hamon-Chrétien | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monique Levesque | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sylvie Lorthiois | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pascale Malarmey | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thi-Loan Nguyen | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Maradin | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Masselo | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Muller | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabelle Patocska | Hairstylist |
| Production | Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | Producer |
| Production | Monique Guerrier | Executive Producer |
| Production | Denis Héroux | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alexandre Mnouchkine | Producer |
| Production | Thomas Schühly | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bodo Scriba | Co-Producer |
| Production | Margot Capelier | Casting |
| Production | Laurence Lustyk | Casting |
| Sound | Vincent Arnardi | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jean-François Auger | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Anne Baronnet | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Jack Jullian | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Corinne Lapassade | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Le Roux | Sound |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Lelong | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Alain Lévy | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Jérôme Lévy | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Mario Melchiorri | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Michèle Robert-Lauliac | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Guillaume Sciama | Sound |
| Sound | Jacques Thomas-Gérard | Sound |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound |
| Production | Marie-Christine Birague | Administration |
