La guillotine, une invention bien française

La guillotine, une invention bien française (2021)

September 13th, 20211h 0min

Documentary, TV Movie, History
70%

Overview

Forty years after the abolition of the death penalty in France, voted on September 18, 1981, the guillotine remains in the collective imagination as the instrument of the death sentence. This machine, developed during the Revolution to render justice more equal, was presented as progress. Over time, opinion has been divided on the subject of the death penalty, the guillotine becoming the object of man's cruelty, a remnant of an archaic way of dispensing justice and fuelling the many debates around the death penalty and its abolition.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons


Released on: 1966-12-13
Drama, History

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M...

Anna and the King

Anna and the King


Released on: 1999-12-16
Drama, Romance, History

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...

The Fog of War

The Fog of War


Released on: 2003-10-26
Documentary, TV Movie, History, War

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...

Les Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

Les Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France


Released on: 2020-12-28
Documentary, TV Movie

The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our ill...

D-Day: 80th Anniversary

D-Day: 80th Anniversary


Released on: 2024-05-27
Documentary, History, War

On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in his...

Chicago 10

Chicago 10


Released on: 2008-02-29
Documentary, Animation, History, War

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer


Released on: 2003-09-09
Documentary, Crime

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the seria...

Compulsion

Compulsion


Released on: 1959-04-01
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves...

The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II

The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II


Released on: 2022-01-01
Documentary

Western Freemasonry and Eastern communists won WW2, leading to a secret holy war aiming for a one-wo...

Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb

Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb


Released on: 2023-06-01
Documentary, History

The birth of the atomic bomb changed the world forever. In the years before the Manhattan project, a...

June Zero

June Zero


Released on: 2022-05-02
Drama, History

Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of Euro...

Henry Ford, l'inventeur du siècle américain

Henry Ford, l'inventeur du siècle américain


Released on: 2023-11-24
Documentary, History

Titanic's Fatal Fire

Titanic's Fatal Fire


Released on: 2017-04-15
Documentary, History, Drama

The sinking of the Titanic sent shockwaves around the world and started debates that continue to thi...

Bay of Blood

Bay of Blood


Released on: 2023-08-11
Documentary, History, Drama, Crime

March 25th 1971, a horrific 'Genocide' was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. This...

Vaincre ou mourir

Vaincre ou mourir


Released on: 2023-01-25
History, Action, War

1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has...

Baiae, the Atlantis of Rome

Baiae, the Atlantis of Rome


Released on: 2022-03-24
Documentary, History

With an area three times larger than Pompeii, Baia, about 15 km from Naples and within the volcanic ...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities


Released on: 1935-12-25
History, Drama, Romance, Adventure

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris....

Ancient Armageddon

Ancient Armageddon


Released on: 2023-06-05
Documentary, History

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union


Released on: 2008-11-09
Documentary, History

Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish act...

The Wikipedia Promise

The Wikipedia Promise


Released on: 2021-01-03
Documentary, History, TV Movie

In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began wit...