Danton (1921 film)

Danton
Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Georg Büchner (play) Johnstone Craig Carl Mayer Dimitri Buchowetzki
Starring	Emil Jannings Werner Krauss Ossip Runitsch Ferdinand von Alten
Cinematography	Arpad Viragh
Production company	Wörner-Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	UFA (Germany) First National Pictures (US)
Release dates	4 May 1921
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. It premiered in Berlin on 4 May 1921.^[1] It was based on the play Danton's Death by Georg Büchner.

Synospsis

At the height of 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 Woerner as Babette
Hugo Döblin as Henriot
Friedrich Kühne as Fouquier-Tinville
Robert Scholz as St. Just
Hans Dreier
Albert Florath

References

↑ Grange p.92

Bibliography

Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

Danton at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Dimitri Buchowetzki

Anita Jo (1919)
Symphonie des Todes (1921)
Der Galiläer (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
Die letzte Stunde (1921)
Danton (1921)
The Experiment of Professor Mithrany (1921)
Sappho (1921)
Die Gräfin von Paris (1922)
Othello (1922)
Peter the Great (1922)
Das Laster des Spiels (1923)
Carousel (1923)
Men (1924)
Lily of the Dust (1924)
The Swan (1925)
Graustark (1925)
The Crown of Lies (1926)
The Midnight Sun (1926)
Valencia (1926)
Stamboul (1931)
Magie moderne (1931)
Woman in the Jungle (1931)
Le réquisitoire (1931)
Die Nacht der Entscheidung (1931)
De Sensatie van de Toekomst (1931)
El hombre que asesinó (1932)

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