Andrea Chénier
At a ball before the French Revolution, poet Andrea Chénier denounces the suffering of the poor and attracts the affection of Maddalena, while servant Carlo Gérard leaves his aristocratic employers. During the Reign of Terror, Chénier and Maddalena reunite and fall in love. Gérard, now a revolutionary official, has Chénier arrested to gain Maddalena, but relents and admits he falsified the charges. The Tribunal condemns Chénier. Maddalena takes the place of another condemned prisoner, and she and Chénier go together to the guillotine.