The Austrian
Released: 1990
Drama, History
Last days of queen Marie Antoinette stunningly portrayed by a director who's clearly done a massive historical research. An accurate plot and a very moving rendering.
Starring: Ute Lemper, Patrick Chesnais, Philippe Leroy, Daniel Mesguich, Rufus, Jean-Pol Dubois, Pierre Clémenti, Frédéric van den Driessche
Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre
Written by: André Castelot, Alain Decaux
Language: French
Scenes
As Marie-Antoinette (Ute Lemper) is about to be led off to the guillotine, she asks the guards if she can pee first. She squats in the prison as the guards stand around her, and we see very little. When she is done they cover her reddish (possibly bloody) puddle with sand.