---
title: 'Violantha (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carl Froelich'
released: '1928-01-08'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/violantha-1928'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017516/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Violantha (1928)

1928 · Drama · Germany, Switzerland


## Synopsis

Violantha is a 1928 German-Swiss silent film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Mathilde Sussin and William Dieterle. The film is set in Switzerland and is based on a novel by Ernst Zahn. In 1942 it was remade by Paul May as a sound film under the slightly different title of Violanta.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Henny Porten](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-porten)
- **Director:** [Carl Froelich](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-froelich)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Zahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-zahn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Axel Graatkjær](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-graatkj-r)

## Cast

- [Sophie Pagay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-pagay)
- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Mathilde Sussin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathilde-sussin)
- [Blandine Ebinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/blandine-ebinger)
- [Max Maximilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-maximilian)
- [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle)
- [Wilhelm Diegelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-diegelmann)
- [Henny Porten](https://cinepixo.com/people/henny-porten)
- [Elsa Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-wagner)
- [Inge Landgut](https://cinepixo.com/people/inge-landgut)

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