波兰导演瓦依达将法国大革命时期的两个英雄人物搬上银幕,他们是丹东与罗伯斯庇尔,他们本来是一起分享革命胜利的革命派,却无奈因为理想的不同而分道扬镳,后来更成为夙敌。以罗伯斯庇尔为首的公安委员会,为了镇压反革命暴乱和打击投机分子,实行恐怖政策,因打击面过宽造 成人人自危。Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre's incitement, has begun a series of massive executions, The Terror. Confident in the people's support, Danton clashes with his former ally, but calculating Robespierre soon rounds up Danton and his followers, tries them before a revolutionary tribunal and dipatches them to the guillotine.