Danton (1931 film)

{{Infobox film

| name =Danton

| image =Danton (1931 film).jpg

| caption = Kortner as Danton

| director = Hans Behrendt

| producer = Arnold Pressburger

| writer = {{ubl|Heinz Goldberg|Hans Rehfisch}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Fritz Kortner|Lucie Mannheim|Gustaf Gründgens}}

| music = Artur Guttmann

| cinematography = {{ubl|Léonce-Henri Burel|Nicolas Farkas}}

| editing = René Métain

| studio = Cine-Allianz Tonfilm

| distributor = Süd-Film

| released = {{film date|1931|1|21|df=y}}

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Danton is a 1931 German historical drama film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Fritz Kortner, Lucie Mannheim and Gustaf Gründgens.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021195207/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/61116 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |title=DANTON (1931) | BFI |website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2 July 2015 |accessdate=11 May 2016}} 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.