In 1983 , he directed '' Danton '' , starring Gérard Depardieu in the title role , a film set in 1794 ( Year Two of the French Republican Calendar ) dealing with the Post-Revolutionary Terror . Made against the backdrop of the martial law in Poland , Wajda showed how easily revolution can change into terror and start to " eat its own children . " For this film Wajda was honoured with the Louis Delluc Prize and a César Award for Best Director . In the 1980s he also made '' A Love in Germany '' ( 1983 ) featuring Hanna Schygulla , '' The Chronicle of Amorous Incidents '' ( 1986 ) an adaptation of Tadeusz Konwicki 's novel and '' The Possessed '' ( 1988 ) based on Dostoyevsky 's novel . In theatre he prepared an interpretation of Dostoyevsky 's '' Crime and Punishment '' ( 1984 ) and other unique spectacles such as '' Antygone '' , his sequential '' Hamlet '' versions or an old Jewish play '' The Dybbuk '' . In 1989 , he was the President of the Jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
16th Moscow International Film Festival
16th Moscow International Film Festival
Andrzej Wajda