Danton (1931 film)

Danton
Danton
	Kortner as Danton
Directed by	Hans Behrendt
Written by	Heinz Goldberg; Hans Rehfisch;
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger
Starring	Fritz Kortner; Lucie Mannheim; Gustaf Gründgens;
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel; Nicolas Farkas;
Edited by	René Métain
Music by	Artur Guttmann
Production; company	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm
Distributed by	Süd-Film
Release date	21 January 1931;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Danton is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim and Gustaf Gründgens.^[1] It depicts the dramatic downfall and execution of Georges Danton in 1794 at the hands of Maximilien Robespierre.^[2]

Plot edit

The film is set in France at the time of the French Revolution. The revolutionaries are discussing what happened to King Louis XVI should happen. The group around Georges Danton advocates the execution. The king is tried and executed. Further trials against nobles followed and death sentences were 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 edit

References edit

^ "DANTON (1931) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ Hake p. 247

Bibliography edit

Hake, Sabine (2002). German National Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-08901-2.

External links edit

Danton at IMDb

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[1] "DANTON (1931) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[2] Hake p. 247

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