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Danton
Also known as All for a Woman in the USA
(1920) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Dmitri Buchowetski
Cast: Emil Jannings [Danton], Werner Krauß (Werner Krauss) [Robespierre], Charlotte Ander [Lucile Desmoulins], Friedrich Kühne [Fouquier-Tinville], Ferdinand von Alten [Herault-Séchelles], Eduard von Winterstein [General Westermann], Maly Delschaft [Julia], Hugo Döblin [Henriot], Ossip Runitsch [Desmoulins], Hilde Woerner [Babette], Robert Scholz [St. Just], Hans Dreier
Wörner-Filmgesellschaft production. / Scenario by Dmitri Buchowetski, from the play Dantons Tod (Danton’s Death) by Georg Büchner. Art direction by Hans Dreier. Cinematography by Arpad Viragh. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA in seven reels as All for a Woman by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated, on 4 December 1921; © 8 December 1921 by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP17466]. [?] The American release version may have been titled by Johnstone Craig.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Ball-Shakespeare p. 386; Bardèche-History p. 189; LoC-Copy-1922 p. 93 : Website-IMDb.
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