Danton (1921 film)

Danton
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Directed by	Dimitri Buchowetzki
Written by	Johnstone Craig Carl Mayer Dimitri Buchowetzki
Based on	Danton's Death by Georg Büchner
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 date	4 May 1921 (1921-05-04)
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.

Synopsis

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 [de] as Babette
• Hugo Döblin as Henriot
• Friedrich Kühne as Fouquier-Tinville
• Robert Scholz as St. Just
• Hans Dreier
• Albert Florath

References

1. Grange p. 92

Bibliography

• Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

External links

• Danton at IMDb