On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille and seized the King's military stores. A decade of idealism, war, murder and carnage followed, bringing about the end of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. This feature-length documentary encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization. With dramatic reenactments, paintings from the era, and revealiing accounts from journals and expert historians, it vividly unfurls in a maelstrom of violence. King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, and Napoleon Bonaparte lead a cast of thousands in this essential program from The History Channel.