Danton (1921)

192147mdir. Dimitri BuchowetzkiGermanWeimar Republic, Germanysilent filmdrama film

Note: this print runs 47 minutes against a recorded 87 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Ossip Runitsch, Ferdinand von Alten, Eduard von Winterstein, Charlotte Ander, Maly Delschaft, Hugo Döblin

Directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki

Danton still

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. It was based on the 1835 play Danton's Death by Georg Büchner.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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