Danton (1921 film)
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Directed by | Dimitri Buchowetzki |
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Cinematography | Arpad Viragh |
Production company | Wörner-Filmgesellschaft |
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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. 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 Wörner 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
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Categories:
- 1921 films
- Biographical films about Georges Danton
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- German historical films
- UFA films
- Films directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki
- German films based on plays
- 1920s historical films
- Films with screenplays by Carl Mayer
- Cultural depictions of Georges Danton
- Cultural depictions of Maximilien Robespierre
- 1920s German film stubs
- Historical film stubs
- German black-and-white films