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Description:20 31 40 00 Costume film, France, Paris. French revolution, XVIII-th. On the spot execution in front of crowd. Guillotine. The condemned persons are taken on the scaffold. Crowd in raptures, spectacle of the death. Lilian Gish is taken to the scaffold. She can not kiss her lover, Joseph Schildkraut, too condemned. The executioner takes him. Danton, Monte Blue accompanied with riders rush to the place to try to prevent the execution. Stampede in the streets of Paris. Lilian Gish is brought by force on the scaffold to be executed. She is placed under the guillotine. Close-up Gish which roars with terror. Danton arrives at the gallop. The executioners hoist the blade, the chopper. Seen on petrified and incited crowd. Regrettably, the guards of the city gate closes the immense door to prevent Danton from entering.