#danton's death

[secondjulia]

Danton's Death by Büchner, p. 4

Danton: [Rude. I have enough ass for the whole Convention right here and when I don't I go out & get more.] Fine.

[pauvrecamille]

Ian Richardson as Maximilien Robespierre in "Danton's Death" (1978), dir. Alan Clarke

[peterlorrefanpage]

Peter Lorre Portraits by Lotte Jacobi

This page has a full shot of that top pic!

Caption: "Member of the Reinhardt-Bühnen," referring to the privately run theatres under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

Lorre's expression in the pic with the hat mesmerizes every time I see it. He manages to look young and world-weary at the same time.

Now I could be wrong, but I believe the very top two pics that start off this post are from the same photoshoot. I've always thought the second one was weirdly chopped off on all sides, like there should be more of Peter to see (sometimes you see a smidgen more of his tie, but that's about it). At the very least, surely Jacobi would have framed it differently even if she had zoomed in on his face.

The pic with Peter in the adorable wig (and the "You can't trust me, but we'll have fun" expression) is from his role as Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just in "Dantons Tod" (Danton’s Death), 1929.

Peter is at the top of the crowd next to Walter Franck as Robespierre.

Here's my original post about Peter as Saint-Just.

[sansterreurnivertu]

Billaud-Varennes: The masses have an instinct to want to be trampled on by a bossy guy. Only to be stared at and shrunk, they appreciates it. They adore audacious face like Danton, who cares nothing for anybody. That kind of look pisses me off even more than the coat-of-arms, because there is an aristocracy of the highest order: a contempt for human beings. Anyone who doesn't like to be looked up and down should work together to smash it. Barère: He's like the Horned Siegfried, the blood of the September Massacre has made him invulnerable.

Danton's Death by Georg Büchner

[dogfitch]

Georg Büchner - Danton's Death

[pacingmusings]

Seen in 2022:

Danton’s Death (Alice Diop), 2011

[tilde44]

I love you like the grave. [...] They say there is peace in the grave; the grave and peace are one.  If that's so I'm already underground when I lie in your lap.  Sweet grave, your lips are passing bells, your voice is my knell, your breast my burial mound and your heart my coffin.

Danton’s Death, Georg Büchner, 1835

[livila]

Watermark removal Danton’s Death by Buchner pics from 2010. Photographer: Johan Persson