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Georges Jacques Danton (/ ˈ d æ n t ən /; [2] French: [ʒɔʁʒ dɑ̃tɔ̃]; 26 October 1759 – 5 April 1794) was a leading figure in the French Revolution.A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Club and was raised to governmental responsibilities as the French Minister of Justice following the fall of the monarchy on the ...
Stanisława Przybyszewska (Polish pronunciation: [staɲiˈswava pʂɨbɨˈʂɛfska]; 1 October 1901 – 15 August 1935) was a Polish dramatist who is mostly known for her plays about the French Revolution. Her 1929 play The Danton Case, which examines the conflict between Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton, is considered to be one of the ...
Danton: Hans Behrendt: Drama. Georges Danton: 1932 France Danton: André Roubaud: History. Based on the play The Danton Case. Georges Danton: 1933 France The Two Orphans: Les deux orphelines: Maurice Tourneur: Drama. Based on a play The Two Orphans. 1934 United Kingdom The Scarlet Pimpernel: Harold Young: Adventure, Drama. Based on a novel The ...
Danton (French pronunciation:) is a 1983 French-language film depicting the last weeks of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the 1929 play The Danton Case by Stanisława Przybyszewska .
The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Gilchrist, J.T., and Murray, W.J. The Press in the French Revolution: Selection of Documents taken from the Press of the Reovolution for the years 1789–1794. Melbourne: Cheshire, 1971. Hartcup, John. "Camille Desmoulins", History Today 25–4 (1975), pp. 238 ...
This is contrary to the realities of the revolution, characterised by poverty, begging, drunkenness and prostitution (1.5). Danton was once poor and owes his current wealth to a gift from the Duke of Orleans, who tried to bribe his way to the French throne and gave Danton a gift as part of this attempt (S. 74, Z. 1–13).
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 .
La Révolution française: les Années lumière (The French Revolution: Years of Hope), directed by Robert Enrico. The first part focuses on the events of the early days of the French Revolution. The film opens in 1774 with a young Maximillien Robespierre reading a document in front of King Louis XV's carriage in the College Louis le Grand. He ...