Danton (1931) dir. Hans Behrendt

About the intrigues among the revolutionaries. Danton convinces the others, including the unwilling Robespierre, that the king must be sentenced to death. He appoints, against Robespierre s advice, the royalist Dumoriez as commander of the army. He falls in love with an emprisoned countess whom he marries. His fall, his trial and his death.