Danton

May 3, 1921

1h 27m

★ 5.7

Overview

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Wörner-Filmgesellschaft

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Cast

Danton

Emil Jannings

Robespierre

Werner Krauss

Hérault-Séchelles

Ferdinand von Alten

Fouquier-Tinville

Friedrich Kühne

Camille Desmoulins

Ossip Runitsch

Genaral Westermann

Eduard von Winterstein

Henriot

Hugo Döblin

Julia Danton

Maly Delschaft

St. Just

Robert Scholz

Mädchen Babette

Hilde Woerner

Lucile Desmoulins

Charlotte Ander

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