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Danton's Death (1963)

Danton's Death poster
Original title
Dantons Tod
Directed by
Fritz Umgelter
Genre
drama
Country
Germany
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television adaptation of Georg Buchner's play. It follows the arrest and execution of French revolutionary Georges Danton during the Reign of Terror.

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What happens

Dantons Tod ist eine deutsche Fernseh-Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Dramas von Georg Büchner über die Verhaftung und Hinrichtung des französischen Revolutionärs Georges Danton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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