---
title: 'Danton (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dimitri Buchowetzki'
released: '1921-05-04'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/danton-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012092/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Danton (1921)

1921 · 87 min · Drama, History · Weimar Republic, Germany


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dimitri Buchowetzki](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-buchowetzki)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-mayer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arpad Viragh](https://cinepixo.com/people/arpad-viragh)

## Cast

- [Emil Jannings](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-jannings)
- [Ossip Runitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossip-runitsch)
- [Ferdinand von Alten](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-von-alten)
- [Charlotte Ander](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-ander)
- [Albert Florath](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-florath)
- [Maly Delschaft](https://cinepixo.com/people/maly-delschaft)
- [Werner Krauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-krauss)
- [Friedrich Kühne](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-kuhne)
- [Robert Scholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-scholz-2)
- [Eduard von Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-winterstein)
- [Hugo Döblin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-doblin)

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