"The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently"

Herbert Lom's quote is referring to the guillotine, a gadget utilized for beheading individuals as a form of execution. It was most frequently utilized during the French Revolution and was the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981. The guillotine was also utilized in other nations, such as Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, until the mid-20th century. It was thought about to be a reasonably humane kind of execution, as it fasted and fairly pain-free. The guillotine was also used as a sign of the French Revolution and its ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Despite its usage in France ending in 1981, the guillotine was still used in some countries until relatively recently, with the last known execution by guillotine happening in 1977 in Saudi Arabia.