- Title: FEA 68
- Description:20 35 15 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. Delirious crowd, spectacle of the death. Close-up on Lilian Gish, condemned to death which is placed under the guillotine. Close-up of mechanisms of the scaffold. Imminent execution. The executioner gets ready to activate the chopper. During this time, riders led by Danton, Monte Blue rush in the gallop to the place to try to prevent the execution. Stampede in Paris. Danton arrives in time and climbs on the scaffold raising his official document for the grace. Lilian Gish is pardoned, saved, she is removed from under the guillotine. Rescue at the last minute. Danton embraces her, she is fainted, big emotion, shock. The crowd applauds Danton, rescuer and upholder of the law. Joseph Schildkraut his saved and freed. Ovation for the pardoned, inequitably condemned.
- Collection: Clips and Footage
- Genre:Historical
- Producer:Clips and Footage
- Decade: 1920s
