Danton is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim and Gustaf Gründgens. It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre.Hake p. 247
Plot The film is set amidst the French Revolution. The revolutionaries are discussing what happened to King Louis XVI. The group around Georges Danton advocates the execution. The king is tried and executed. Further trials against nobles follow, and death sentences are pronounced en masse. When Danton visits a prison, he falls in love with the prisoner Louise Gély. Now Danton comes into conflict with his opponent Robespierre. Robespierre succeeds in bringing Danton to the dock and his former comrade-in-arms Danton is also sentenced to death and executed under the guillotine.
Cast Fritz Kortner as Danton Lucie Mannheim as Louise Gely Gustaf Gründgens as Robespierre Alexander Granach as Marat Gustav von Wangenheim as Desmoulins Werner Schott as St. Just Hermann Speelmans as Legendre Georg John as Fouquier-Tinville Walter Werner as Malsherbes Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Louis XVI Georg H. Schnell as The Duke of Coburg Ferdinand Hart as General Dumouriez Carl Goetz as Kleinrentner Till Klockow as Cornelia Friedrich Gnaß as Sanson
See also Danton (1921)
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