Danton (1921 film)
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Directed byDimitri Buchowetzki
Written by
- Johnstone Craig
- Carl Mayer
- Dimitri Buchowetzki
Based onDanton's Death
1835 play
by Georg Büchner
1835 play
by Georg Büchner
Produced byHilde Woerner
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| Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
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| Based on | Danton's Death 1835 play by Georg Büchner |
| Produced by | Hilde Woerner |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arpad Viragh |
Production company | Wörner-Filmgesellschaft |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent (German intertitles) |
Danton is a 1921 German silent historical film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss and Ossip Runitsch. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in the city on 4 May 1921.[1] It was based on the 1835 play Danton's Death by Georg Büchner.
At the height of the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.
Cast
- Emil Jannings as Danton
- Werner Krauss as Robespierre
- Ossip Runitsch as Desmoulins
- Ferdinand von Alten as Herault-Séchelles
- Eduard von Winterstein as Gen. Westermann
- Charlotte Ander as Lucile Desmoulins
- Maly Delschaft as Julia
- Hilde Wörner as Babette
- Hugo Döblin as Henriot
- Friedrich Kühne as Fouquier-Tinville
- Robert Scholz as St. Just
- Hans Dreier
- Albert Florath
