Danton

Danton

1921•1h 27m•5.7/10

HistoryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(3)

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Wörner-Filmgesellschaft

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Danton

Werner Krauss

Werner Krauss

Robespierre

Ferdinand von Alten

Ferdinand von Alten

Hérault-Séchelles

Friedrich Kühne

Friedrich Kühne

Fouquier-Tinville

Ossip Runitsch

Ossip Runitsch

Camille Desmoulins

Eduard von Winterstein

Genaral Westermann

Hugo Döblin

Henriot

Maly Delschaft

Maly Delschaft

Julia Danton

Robert Scholz

Robert Scholz

St. Just

Hilde Woerner

Hilde Woerner

Mädchen Babette

Charlotte Ander

Charlotte Ander

Lucile Desmoulins

Bernd Aldor

Bernd Aldor

Minor Role (rumored)

Hans Dreier

Minor Role (rumored)

Albert Florath

Albert Florath

Aufwiegler

Alexander Granach

Alexander Granach

Minor Role (rumored)

Fritz Kortner

Fritz Kortner

Minor Role (rumored)

Elke Lorenz

Aufwieglerin

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Minor Role (rumored)

Recommended

Box

A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.

Box

5.0

Box

Box

The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..

Box

2021

6.2

Box

Box

Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael (19) is a young boxer who dreams to conquer the world; Cristina (33) is a single mother who lost her balance. Two lives; one running very close to the earth, the other trying to fly high up, too high.

Box

2015

6.4

If I Were You 2

If I Were You 2

Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one another more.

If I Were You 2

2009

6.1

Duck Duck Goose

Duck Duck Goose

After he’s grounded by an injury, a high-flying bachelor is saddled with two wide-eyed orphans as they come face-to-face with the dangers and beauty of the outside world.

Duck Duck Goose

2018

6.2

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Lethal Weapon 2

1989

7.0

Christmas with a View

Christmas with a View

This Christmas, Thunder Mountain Ski Resort is abuzz when celebrity chef Shane Roarke is named the new head chef. Clara Garrison isn't as excited and is instead focused on getting resettled after her failed attempt at opening a restaurant in the city. With their paths constantly crossing, will their shared passion for cooking bring them together or will secrets keep them apart?

Christmas with a View

2018

5.8

Box

Box

8mm film by Swiss artist Roman Signer.

Box

1975

4.5

Serial Teachers 2

Serial Teachers 2

The worst teachers of France landed in England for an ultra-secret mission. With Boulard, the King of the Dunces, they are parachuted in the best school of the country, and they will apply their famous methods on the future of the nation.

Serial Teachers 2

2015

5.3

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

Arthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

2009

5.7

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

2008

6.5

The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road race. Meanwhile, the townsfolk, led by a Stanley-costumed Mater, enjoy the planned 'leisurely drive' to retrace Stanley’s original frontier route. Thinking they’re on the same course, a wrong turn sends McQueen and the Baja pros on a treacherously wild bid for survival. The misunderstanding leaves the racing professionals in awe of the 'legend' of Stanley: the Original Off-Road Racer.

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014

6.3

Similar Movies

Allonsanfan

Allonsanfan

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.

Allonsanfan

1974

6.8

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

A Tale of Two Cities

1980

5.7

1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-

1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-

A beautiful love story that bloomed in Paris and scattered in the Bastille. France at the end of the 18th century, where the populace struggled with poverty and the aristocracy drowned in luxury. After his father was murdered by an aristocrat, Ronan, a farmer, fled to Paris and joined the revolutionaries. He gains passionate friends such as Robespierre, Danton, and Desmoulins, and burns hope for a new era. (Toho 2018)

1789 -Lovers of the Bastille-

2018

La Marseillaise

La Marseillaise

A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.

La Marseillaise

1938

6.9

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.

Marie Antoinette

1938

6.5

Uncertain Glory

Uncertain Glory

In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for his original arrest. Fearing the guillotine more than his actual death, the convict inveigles the inspector to help him with a plan to rescue 100 Frenchmen taken by the Gestapo following an act of sabotage: he will confess to being the saboteur and allow himself to be executed by firing squad, the Gestapo's method of execution, thus freeing the 100 men.

Uncertain Glory

1944

6.7

Let's Ask Nostradamus

Let's Ask Nostradamus

Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution.

Let's Ask Nostradamus

1953

6.0

Lady Oscar

Lady Oscar

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.

Lady Oscar

1979

5.6

That Night of Varennes

That Night of Varennes

During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.

That Night of Varennes

1982

6.8

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

The life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, during the years leading up to and during the French Revolution in which she was executed.

Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer Königin

1922

Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.

Orphans of the Storm

1921

6.8

Napoleon

Napoleon

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

Napoleon

1927

7.8